Boko Haram Attacks Deepen Humanitarian Crisis in Nigeria
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A worsening campaign of attacks by Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria is deepening a humanitarian crisis for tens of millions of people in what’s already the poorest region of Africa’s top oil producer.
The Boko Haram group has killed hundreds of civilians in almost daily attacks during the holy month of Ramadan even after President Muhammadu Buhari declared eliminating the militant group as a top priority. The surge in violence is worsening poverty and hunger in the northeast and diminishing hopes that 1.4 million people who’ve been displaced by the conflict will have a chance soon to return home.