Boko Haram: 170 000 Cameroonians displaced

These displaced people are fleeing the horrors of the terrorist group Boko Haram.

Attacks by Boko Haram in the Far North region of Cameroon are not only causing loss of life. They also lead to the displacement of hundreds of people, who are deserting generally areas targeted by the jihadists for the most peaceful towns and villages. The Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in West and Central Africa, Richard Danziger has revealed the number of IDPs.

“In late February, we made the last census of IDPs in the Far North, and there are 170,000 displaced Cameroonians who live in families. There are many vulnerabilities, many needs in the North,“ said Richard Danziger.

The newspaper La Nouvelle Expression of April 5, 2016, stresses that the UN diplomat made the announcement on April 4, 2016, on the sidelines of a hearing in Yaounde with the Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella.

He also announced: “We don’t only want to support the government here but also to call on partners to mobilize resources to solve this problem.” Our colleague says that “during his stay in Cameroon, the latter will be migrating from meetings to meetings with Cameroonian officials, hearing the audience, to densify the axes of his roadmap for the management of this internal migration crisis.

The hinge portion of the visit of Richard Danziger is marked by a visit next Thursday in Maroua, the regional capital of the Far North, where he wants to take at look at the issue, with another meeting with the governor of the region, Midjiyawa Bakary. “