Major humanitarian crisis in Northeast Nigeria

geneva - The Government of Nigeria and the international community must take urgent humanitarian measures to save and protect hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the northeast of the country.

The terror campaign of the Islamist group Boko Haram and countermeasures of the government is there,, a crisis of the highest order '' arise, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations for displaced people, Chaloka Beyani, said Monday.

The region has a total of 2.5 million displaced, of whom malnourished largely and is deeply traumatized. The government should urgently provide food, shelter, medical care, water, waste disposal and other essential services. The seriousness of the situation has hitherto been grossly underestimated, so existing stocks are only sufficient for a short time, Beyani, after a visit to the area.
  
    
     
      
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