Nigeria: Need to Ramp Up Aid Response in Nigeria's Violence-Torn Northeast

Kano — Security fears, a lack of humanitarian actors on the ground and a perception that Nigeria's government can handle its crises without help, are leaving many of the thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence in the northeast short of food, with little to no access to health care or basics like clean water and blankets.

The Nigerian disaster authority is calling for international help to urgently boost the aid response.

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