Red Cross: More Than 22,000 People Flee Homes In Central Nigeria Since June

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Red Cross: More Than 22,000 People Flee Homes In Central Nigeria Since June

By Al Bawaba News

At least 22,000 people have fled their homes and need humanitarian aid following last month’s violence between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.

“The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in close cooperation with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), is responding to the most urgent needs of more than 22,000 people displaced by the recent armed violence in Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Jos South Local Government Areas, Plateau state,” the Red Cross said in a statement.

“Hundreds have been killed and injured, while some areas were left in ruins. Most of the displaced women, children and elderly are staying in congested impromptu camps where they arrived with whatever they could carry — and often with nothing. Some are being hosted by local families, who are also struggling to make do with scarce resources.”

Read more at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/12072018-red-cross-more-than-22000-people-flee-homes-in-central-nigeria-since-june/