Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Niger, Nigeria
Highlights
- As of 7 May, around25,700 people had left the Lake Chad villages islands at the request of the authorities. About 6,000 Nigerianshave chosen to return home.
- Priority needs of newly displaced people include food, shelter and water.
- The first relief efforts are ongoing.
- The Prime Minister of Niger paid a visit to the displaced in Nguigmi to better understand their plight and offer support.
- On 6 May, regional authorities and humanitarian actors conducted a rapid assessment mission inNguigmi.
