WFP Delivers Food Aid To People In Chad, Cameroon Displaced By Boko Haram

Thomson Reuters Foundation: Food aid reaches thousands uprooted by Boko Haram in Chad: U.N.
“The successful delivery of food aid to thousands of people uprooted by Boko Haram violence in Chad and cut off from help since November may reflect improving security in the West African nation, the United Nations said on Tuesday…” (Guilbert, 2/16).

U.N. News Centre: U.N. agency reaches thousands of people in Chad and Cameroon displaced by Boko Haram violence
“…In response to growing food insecurity, malnutrition concerns and continued displacement in the Lake Chad Basin, [the World Food Programme] aims to scale up its assistance from 600,000 to nearly 750,000 people, including refugees, internally displaced people, returnees, and host communities…” (2/16).

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