Cameroon: FAO Provides Aid to Displaced Persons

Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Cameroon, Fulbert Daliwa, says the UN agency is working to help citizens who have been affected by Boko Haram attacks.

Cameroonians along the Nigerian border are in dire need of humanitarian aid after Boko Haram attacks displaced over 7,000 people, according to authorities in the country.

Development Diaries learnt that Cameroonians in the area have been fleeing their homes since early August because of attacks, which killed at least 22 people and wounded 29.

It was gathered that several humanitarian agencies, including the FAO, have handed out goats and bags of rice, among other goods, to more than a hundred people in the town of Mora.

Meanwhile, spokesman for Cameroon’s military, Cyrille Atonfack, said troops had been sent to assist civilians in areas still prone to Boko Haram attacks.

He added that the insurgents had destroyed hospitals and chased away health workers on Cameroon’s border with Nigeria.

According to the United Nations, the village has hosted 18,000 displaced people who sought refuge from Boko Haram for the past seven years.

Boko Haram attacks in the Lake Chad Basin have killed more than 30,000 people and displaced over three million in the past decade.

Source:  VOA News

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