More than 30,000 flee Boko Haram violence in NE Nigeria: UN
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Phil HAZLEWOOD
,AFP•January 9, 2019
Lagos (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria after an increase in violence in the Boko Haram conflict, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
"More than 30,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) have arrived in Maiduguri, mainly from Baga, in recent weeks," said the UN's humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon.
Baga, on the shores of Lake Chad, has been repeatedly hit in the nine-year conflict, which has killed more than 27,000, left 1.8 million people homeless and triggered a humanitarian crisis.
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That one North East corner has been where most of this has happened. I believe it is predominantly Muslim and if there are Christians there, they needed to get out 2 years ago or so.
