MAROUA, CAMEROON - Cameroon says 5,000 of the 103,000 Nigerians, mostly women and children, who fled across the border from Boko Haram terrorists have agreed to return to Nigeria. FILE - Nigerian refugees fleeing from the Islamist militant sect Boko Haram take shelter at the camp in Menowo refugee camp in Mayo Tsanaga Division, Cameroon, March 2014. Among the displaced Nigerians who say they have yet to decide whether they will go back is 49-year-old Ousman Sani. Ninety-five percent of the displaced Nigerians are from Borno state. According to the U.N., 11 years of Boko Haram violence has displaced more than 2.7 million people, including some 210,000 Nigerians, into neighboring countries.

Source: Ethiopian News February 12, 2021 17:26 UTC