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UN Demands Urgent Millions as Regional Insecurity Drives Refugee Surge Into Niger
The UN Refugee Agency has sounded the alarm on an escalating displacement crisis, with tens of thousands fleeing insecurity in Nigeria for Niger and Benin. With malnutrition and disease rapidly spreading across overburdened border communities, officials warn that critical funding shortfalls risk catastrophic humanitarian fallout.
AllAfrica - Latest·November 12, 2026AI-curated
[allAfrica] Geneva -- The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of a deepening crisis that has caused tens of thousands of people to flee from Nigeria to neighbouring Niger and Benin, where problems of malnutrition and disease are surfacing.
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