Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks have displaced one million

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More than one million people may have been forced to leave their homes in northern Nigeria by the five-year-old insurgency of Islamist sect Boko Haram. In Malkohi camp in the Northeastern city of Yola, hundreds of children displaced by the conflict now live here. The UN children’s agency, UNICEF says that children are suffering the dire consequences of the conflict in Nigeria, losing their homes, missing out on education and risking their lives. Aid groups are trying to have students continue learning while at the camps.
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