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'Alarming' rise in use of children in 'suicide' attacks by Boko Haram in Lake Chad region – UNICEF

'Alarming' rise in use of children in 'suicide' attacks by Boko Haram in Lake Chad region – UNICEF

Apr 13, 2017, at 04:34 am

New York, Apr 12(Just Earth News): The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.

Donors pledge $670 million at UN-backed conference to support aid operations in Lake Chad region

Donors pledge $670 million at UN-backed conference to support aid operations in Lake Chad region

Feb 25, 2017, at 11:40 am

New York, Feb 25 (Just Earth News):Giving voice to people affected by conflict and crises in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin, a global United Nations-supported humanitarian conference in Oslo on Friday generated more than $670 million in pledges that will help sustain critical relief operations over the next two years and beyond across four counties where millions are in need of aid.

Millions in Lake Chad suffering ‘at no fault of their own’ need world’s support, urges UN aid chief

Millions in Lake Chad suffering ‘at no fault of their own’ need world’s support, urges UN aid chief

Feb 24, 2017, at 02:10 pm

New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News): Ahead of a major donors conference in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, seeking to generate global action to tackle the complex crisis in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin, the top United Nations relief official highlighted that investing in support for the region will in turn help strengthen broader security around the world for all to benefit.

UN official appeals to donors to aid 53,000 displaced by attacks on Lake Chad islands

UN official appeals to donors to aid 53,000 displaced by attacks on Lake Chad islands

Dec 11, 2015, at 03:05 pm

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than 50,000 people forced to flee in the wake of attacks on islands of Lake Chad are living in “precarious conditions” in need of food, drinking water, shelter, health care and other services in a situation exacerbated by chronic drought, the top United Nations relief official in Chad says.

Cameroon host to families fleeing Nigeria, Lake Chad basin: UN relief official

Cameroon host to families fleeing Nigeria, Lake Chad basin: UN relief official

Sep 15, 2015, at 02:40 pm

New York, Sept 15 (IBNS): Families on the run often surviving brutal attacks in Nigeria are now threatened with the lack of food, water and deadly epidemics in neighbouring Cameroon, where they have sought refuge, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the region said on Monday.