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STORY: GENEVA / NIGERIA IDP CAMP ATTACK
TRT: 1:35
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 2 NOVEMBER 2018 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“In the attacks the armed group killed at least eight killed and injured dozens more, kidnapped women and burned and looted homes, shelters and food stocks.”
4. Med shot, journalist.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“This attack happened late Wednesday night. We know, the information that I have, is that hundreds were displaced as a result. Where they are right now this morning I don’t have specific information about that.”
6. Med shot, journalists.
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s North-East that has spilled over into the Lake Chad region is one of the most severe in the world today, with 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the worst affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe this year.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“It really is a blanket call to beef up security for civilians in Borno and also the other two states, but particularly Borno; it’s really the epicentre of this displacement and humanitarian crisis.”
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11. Med shot, podium speakers.
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Hundreds of people already forced to flee their homes in Nigeria’s troubled north-east have been uprooted once again after deadly attacks on a camp where they were sheltering and on surrounding communities, UN office for humanitarian affairs OCHA, said on Friday.
Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told journalists in Geneva “in the attacks the armed group killed at least eight killed and injured dozens more, kidnapped women and burned and looted homes, shelters and food stocks.”
According to the OCHA spokesperson, the attack happened two days ago at a Government-run facility a few kilometres from Borno state capital Maiduguri, and on communities close to the village of Dalori.
The camp is home to 12,600 people who fled clashes in past months, the UN official said – a reference to fighting between Government forces and violent extremists that have claimed 29,000 lives since 2009 and contributed to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
“This attack happened late Wednesday night,” Laerke said. “We know, the information that I have, is that hundreds were displaced as a result. Where they are right now this morning I don’t have specific information about that.”
Reiterating condemnation of the incident by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, the OCHA spokesperson repeated his appeal to the authorities to ensure the safety of vulnerable communities.
“It really is a blanket call to beef up security for civilians in Borno and also the other two states, but particularly Borno,” Laerke said. “It’s really the epicentre of this displacement and humanitarian crisis.”
Dalori village, which is closest to the camp that was attacked earlier this week, was almost totally burned to the ground during an attack in January 2016 that left more than 100 people dead.
There are another eight camps for internally displaced people nearby.
Construction began on them in 2015 and they are now home to more than 47,000 people. At least 20 aid organizations provide food, water, sanitation, medicine and shelter, but the needs remain massive throughout vast areas of Nigeria’s north-east, OCHA said in a statement.
The number of civilians displaced in Nigeria’s north-east is estimated at 1.8 million and six out of ten of these vulnerable people live outside Government-run camps and most stay in Maiduguri.
“The humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s North-East that has spilled over into the Lake Chad region is one of the most severe in the world today, with 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the worst affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe this year,” Laerke said.
