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HIGHLIGHTS
- IDPs in Nigeria are reported to have returned to their homes in large numbers. However, despite the liberation of towns and other localities from insurgents, many IDPs from affected communities cannot yet return home.
- UNHCR Nigeria is scaling up its presence in the northeast. In partnership with the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), UNHCR has begun the first distribution of NFIs in Gombe State, targeting 3,000 of the most vulnerable IDP households. This distribution is simultaneously taking place in Bauchi State, targeting another 2,000 of the most vulnerable households. These distributions will be extended to all north-eastern States that have been affected by the insurgency.
- An insurgent attack took the lives of 16 civilians on 16 April in the Diya and Bia localities, Cameroon. Minor incursions were reported in Chad, but there were no casualties.
- Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, has commended his State’s partnership with UNHCR, which recently provided agricultural materials to IDPs in the State to enable them to resume their agricultural livelihoods.