HIGHLIGHTS
The humanitarian crisis in the North-East of Nigeria continues to widen in scope and increase in intensity. In the three North-East States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, fighting continues between the Nigerian Armed Forces and allied Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF) and the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), on one hand, and militant insurgents, on the other. Other north-eastern States (Gombe, Bauchi and Taraba) have been affected by increased security incidents and displacement of the civilian population. Of the victims of this violence, women, boys and girls have been the most targeted, with the abduction and forced marriage or sale of girls being a defining feature of the insurgency. In late 2014 and early 2015, fighting also spilled over into neighbouring countries, resulting into increased displacement of refugees as well as internally displaced people in Chad,
Cameroon and Niger.With presidential and parliamentary elections due for the last week of March and State Elections for the second week of April 2015, there are fears of recurrence of the violence and displacement that accompanied the 2011 Nigerian elections, with a further increase of violence particularly in the North-East of the country.bvcdskjh
