10 February 2017

Nigeria: Protection in the Northeast

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The Boko Haram insurgency and the military’s counterinsurgency has resulted in a severe crisis in Nigeria’s northeast. More than 20,000 people have been killed and 4,000 women and girls abducted since the conflict began eight years ago. 1.6 million people remain internally displaced.

Conflict and violence Protection