03-22-2019, 09:30 AM
IDPs protest over shortage of food in Borno
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, yesterday staged a protest over food shortage in their camp. Men, women and children residing at the Gubio road IDP camp confronted aid workers over what they described as a desperate situation.
Most of the protesters are new arrivals from Kukawa and Kalabalge, the Local Government Areas attacked by Boko haram members early this year, who say they are forced to sleep outside in open spaces.
It took the intervention of security personnel manning the camp to push back the protesting IDPs who were threatening to take to the streets.
by Lin
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, yesterday staged a protest over food shortage in their camp. Men, women and children residing at the Gubio road IDP camp confronted aid workers over what they described as a desperate situation.
Most of the protesters are new arrivals from Kukawa and Kalabalge, the Local Government Areas attacked by Boko haram members early this year, who say they are forced to sleep outside in open spaces.
It took the intervention of security personnel manning the camp to push back the protesting IDPs who were threatening to take to the streets.
by Lin