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Niger: UNICEF reports more than 240,000 uprooted from homes in Diffa region

Niger: UNICEF reports more than 240,000 uprooted from homes in Diffa region

New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):More than 240,000 people, or a third of the population, in Niger’s Diffa region have been uprooted from their homes since 3 June attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the single largest displacement since 2013, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday.

UN food relief agency to double aid to Niger’s conflict-torn Diffa region

UN food relief agency to double aid to Niger’s conflict-torn Diffa region

New York, June 15 (Just Earth News):Faced with a new wave of displacement following recent Boko Haram attacks in Niger’s south-eastern Diffa region and with needs on the rise, the United Nations food relief agency plans to double its food and nutrition assistance, aiming to gradually increase its life-saving support to more than 250,000 people in Niger’s embattled southern region.