Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Escalating attacks by Boko Haram militants have forced 30,000 people out of Nigeria’s northeast into Cameroonian borders over the weekend, the UN Refugee agency said on Tuesday.Thousands have also fled to neighboring Cameroon and Chad in recent weeks, the agency said.Hostilities have strained humanitarian operations and forced aid workers to pull out from some locations, and the destruction of livelihoods and infrastructure is widespread, UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch said at a press briefing in Geneva.The recent upsurge in violence has also driven more than 80,000 civilians to seek refuge in already crowded camps or in towns in Borno State, where they are surviving in tough living conditions, Baloch said.More than 250,000 people have already been displaced from northeast Nigeria, and surging militant attacks targeting civilians have forced thousands more to run for their lives each day, the UN said.
Second aid worker held by Boko Haram executed as negotiation deadline expiresTwo aid workers held hostage by Boko Haram were executed last year after they were kidnapped in a hospital in a displacement camp in Rann.The UN agency said it would need $848 million to provide food and assistance to those that have been affected by the crisis in Nigeria.It also launched an additional appeal for US$135 million to help those that have been displaced by the insurgency in the Lake Chad, which has also borne the brunt of attacks.Boko Haram insurgents have waged a decade-long war burning villages, mosques and churches in northern Nigeria.Military bases have come under intense attack from the group’s militants in recent months with reports of large numbers of army casualties. The army’s leadership often denies these reports.
Suspected Boko Haram attacks leave 15 dead, homes burned in northeast NigeriaIn November, it was forced to admit that 44 soldiers died in an attack on its military base in Metele village, Borno.At least 15 people were killed in a spate of attacks on four villages in Maiduguri in Borno State in the same month.Insurgents have also reportedly reclaimed Baga, a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri and hundreds of residents, including the village head, have fled their homes.
According to the UN Refugee agency, Boko Haram militants have forced 300,000 migrants out of northeast Nigeria into Cameroonian borders with thousands fleeing to Chad. Boko Haram is a group that have caused a decade long war of burning villages, mosques and churches all over Nigeria. Over 250,000 people have been displaced from Nigeria and with more military attacks targeting civilians forcing thousands of others to flee the area. With the recent surge of attacks and violence, 80,000 civilians have fled to already crowded areas in the Borno States surviving in terrible living conditions. For proper aid, help and assistance in the crisis the UN would need $848 million along with food and proper living needs. Along with civilians and towns being attacked, military bases and soldiers have also been targeted resulting in attacks that have killed 44 soldiers in Borno after an attack that happened in November. After the military had admitted to the death of soldiers, 15 other people were killed in an attack in the Borno states within the same month. The attacks and killings have also been said to reclaim the town of Baga, a village located on the outskirts of Maiduguri with almost all of the people who live there abandoning their homes and fleeing the town. From all the displaced people fleeing away from their homes and towards areas like Chad and Cameroon, the event launched a US appeal for $135 million to help all the displaced persons close to Lake Chad, an area that has been attacked and burned. The insurgence from the Islamist led group that started its attacks on schools and burning villages and abductions as a result of long religious tensions, corruption and economic disparity. The group is based in northeast Islam and was made in 2002 to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state.