UN Uncovers 400 Fresh Graves In Borno



450,000 Children To Suffer Acute Malnutrition
1.64m IDPs In Camps, Settlements
 

Wale Elegbede


The United Nations said its humanitarian mission has discovered some 400 fresh graves of adults and children, who died very recently from hunger and disease in Rann, Kala/ Balge Local Government Area of Borno State.

According to a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which covers the period from December 15, 2016 to January 6, 2017, the UN added that an estimated 450,000 children aged under-five will suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 2017.

The 10-page report obtained by New Telegraph, titled Nigeria Emergency Situation Report No. 3, gave an account of the state of needs and possible solutions to issues of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa; access and security in the region; malnutrition, among others.

“In December, humanitarian missions observed over 40,000 people in each of the latter two sites experiencing grim conditions and great hunger. On 22 December 2016, a humanitarian mission to Rann (Kala/ Balge LGA) on the Cameroon border witnessed severe acute malnutrition and mortality, including some 400 fresh graves of adults and children who died very recently from hunger and disease.

Culled from https://newtelegraphonline.com/news/un-uncovers-400-fresh-graves-borno/

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