Main content

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Minute: On Nigeria's humanitarian crisis

The insurgency by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands of people in the north east of Nigeria, and forced more than two million others from their homes. Its name roughly translates as β€œWestern education is forbidden”, and Boko Haram has frequently targeted schools and learning institutions. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Minute talks to Jimeh Saleh from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Hausa Service about how the insurgency has affected life in the north east of Nigeria.

Photo: Two boys sit on a rubbish bin at Bakasi camp for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, July 7 2017, Credit: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images

Release date:

Duration:

1 minute

This clip is from