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UNICEF Regional Snapshot - Nigeria Crisis, November 2015

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Children at risk

  • Over 1.4 million children have been displaced by conflict and violence, representing nearly 60% of the displaced population (nearly 2.4 million). The slight decrease from the last update is due to the fluid situation in Nigeria (IOM DTM Oct 2015). In North East Nigeria alone, around 1.1 million children have left their homes. The number of children who have been uprooted in Cameroon, Chad and Niger is approximately 220,000 after their villages were attacked .

  • The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate: food insecurity has been worsening combined with mounting child protection risks. Poor access to education, nutrition, safe drinking water and health services are of great concern. An estimated 225,000 children under-five years of age suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM).

  • Every day children across North East Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon are missing out on their childhood. They are at risk of being trapped in a cycle of violence - separated from their families, exposed to exploitation, abuse and recruitment by armed groups. Many children have been killed, maimed and subjected to unimaginable atrocities.

  • Young women and girls have been abducted, subjected to forced marriage, physical and psychological abuse, forced labor and rape.

  • Teachers and students have been deliberately targeted by armed groups; many classrooms have been damaged, looted or occupied.