{"id":224959,"date":"2016-06-23T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224959"},"modified":"2016-06-23T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T17:00:01","slug":"nigeria-boko-haram-scores-of-refugees-starved-to-death-msf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224959","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Boko Haram: Scores of refugees starved to death &#8211; MSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Nearly 200 refugees fleeing Boko Haram militants have starved to death over the past month in Bama, Nigeria, the medical charity MSF says.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;catastrophic humanitarian emergency&#8221; is unfolding at a camp it visited where 24,000 people have taken refuge.<\/p>\n<p>Many inhabitants are traumatised and one in five children is suffering from acute malnutrition, MSF says.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamist group&#8217;s seven-year rebellion has left 20,000 people dead and more than two million displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s military has carried out a large-scale offensive against them but Boko Haram still attacks villages in the north-east, destroying homes and burning down wells.<\/p>\n<p>Displaced people in Bama say new graves are appearing on a daily basis, according to a statement from MSF.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/5718\/production\/_90069222_bamagrouppic.jpg\" alt=\"group of children at the Bama camp\" width=\"520\" height=\"292\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MSF&#8217;s visit to the camp was only possible with an army escort<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It quoted inhabitants as saying about 30 people died every day due to hunger or illness.<\/p>\n<p>Although the area has been unsafe to travel through, MSF says one of its teams reached Bama on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It went in with a military convoy from the city of Maiduguri in Borno state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/0560\/production\/_90067310_nigeriaabujalagosbama0516.png\" alt=\"Map of Nigeria, showing Bama in the northeast, relative to capital Abuja and big city Lagos\" width=\"449\" height=\"252\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first time MSF has been able to access Bama, but we already know the needs of the people there are beyond critical,&#8221; said Ghada Hatim, MSF head of mission in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are treating malnourished children in medical facilities in Maiduguri and see the trauma on the faces of our patients who have witnessed and survived many horrors,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 200 refugees fleeing Boko Haram militants have starved to death over the past month in Bama, Nigeria, the medical charity MSF says. A &#8220;catastrophic humanitarian emergency&#8221; is unfolding at a camp it visited where 24,000 people have taken refuge. 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