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Round XI of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reports 1.8 million people displaced across Adamawa, Borno, Gombe and Yobe states, with a further 300,000 displaced to other areas across Nigeria. As the Nigerian Armed Forces drive out Boko Haram insurgents, people are beginning to move back towards their areas of origin. However, rather than moving back to their farms, they are gathering in Local Government Area headquarters, where they feel relatively safe from BH attacks. There are still an estimated 1 million displaced people in Maiduguri, Borno’s state capital, of which 80 per cent are staying with the host community and placing strain on existing infrastructure. The urgent humanitarian needs of the displaced population and the host communities remain as food, shelter, health, protection, education, early recovery and livelihoods as well as water, sanitation and hygiene.