Thousands of residents have fled their village in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, fearing renewed attacks by Boko Haram after a recent raid by the jihadists, residents told AFP Tuesday.
“It is no longer safe to remain in Molai because Boko Haram attack and kill at will Karemi said, adding that the village had been attacked four times in the last two years. On May 7 fighters in trucks and gunmen on motorbikes stormed into Molai just before sunset when villagers were preparing to pray and break their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The exodus of villagers into camps in Maiduguri could worsen the already strained humanitarian crisis in camps.Close to one million displaced people have ten refuge in Maiduguri with tens of thousands living in poorly kept displacement camps in the city, reliant on inadequate food handouts from aid agencies.
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