In this file photo from 2016, former residents of Damassak in northeastern Nigeria find safety in a refugee camp in Niger after fleeing Boko Haram. © UNHCR/Hélène Caux
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned as up to 65,000 Nigerians are on the move following a series of attacks by armed groups on Damasak town, in northeast Nigeria’s restive Borno State. Initial reports indicate that eight people were killed, and a dozen injured.
