SITUATION OVERVIEW
The third round of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) conducted in April 2015 showed 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in six states of north-east Nigeria. During the month of May 2015, several attacks by insurgents forced people to flee their homes and seek refuge in other communities and prevented others from returning home. Since the last displacement assessment, the number of IDPs in Borno have become more concentrated in the state capital, Maiduguri. This will probably only be reflected in the fourth DTM expected to be released later in June.
The rains in north-east Nigeria have been delayed. Insecurity has also affected people's access to food. At least three million people are expected to be in need of food assistance in the coming months.
