Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening
Violence in northern Nigeria is fueling a growing humanitarian crisis across the whole region: 64,000 have fled to neighbouring Niger and several hundred have left for Benin since the start of the year, as host countries struggle to cope, the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
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