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What Nigeria, Cameroon must do to stop ISWAP’s expansion in Lake Chad basin

Mubi. A wide area of northern Nigeria is suffering the effects of fighting between Boko Haram and Nigerian armed forces. More than 40,000 people fled to neighbouring Cameroon. After the situation in Mubi calmed down in December 2014, returnee farmers faced severe difficulties in restarting their livelihoods because they had no income from which they could buy seed or fertiliser. Their depleted food reserves would only have been enough for a few months. The ICRC responded by distributing seed, fertiliser and food to more than 3,500 returning farmers. Photographer: SERRANO REDONDO, JESUS ANDRES/ICRC

ISWAP’s hunt for resources is eroding the ability of communities in northern Cameroon to withstand economic hardship.

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