OCHA Niger – Flash Update 2 Assaga - Diffa, 3 July 2015

The Nigerian village of Assaga located along the Komadougou River about 15 km East of Diffa, was attacked on the night of 27 June presumably by the insurgents.

This is the third attack recorded in two weeks in the region of Diffa1 .

Ten people were killed and nine others wounded.

The attack caused the displacement of the entire population of the Assaga village as well as the population of seven other villages on Nigerian soil and Assaga in Niger.

A total of 641 households (3,000 people) of which 203 are Nigerian households and 438 composed of Nigerien returnees, internally displaced people from Assaga in Niger and 2013 flood victims families are currently on a site2 by the main road.

For now, the displaced population survives through the solidarity of the host-population.

A rapid joint assessment mission consisting of the Regional Committee for Refugees Management and Coordination and OCHA visited the site on 1 July to assess needs in order to establish a response plan. The needs identified are food, water, sanitation, shelter and non-food items as well as protection.