United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has warned that with nearly 3.6 million people facing apparent food crisis in the Lake Chad region, the humanitarian situation is getting worse than in 2018. In a situation report published in reliefweb on Monday, USAID said the deteriorating situation was prompting additional displacements. “Across the Lake Chad Basin, violence continues to impact civilian populations and relief organization personnel. “On June 15, a group of armed individuals attacked two international non-governmental organization (NGO) vehicles in Diffa’s Tcholori village, resulting in the deaths of a humanitarian staff member and a contract employee, the international NGO reports. “On the following day, June 16, a coordinated body-borne improvised explosive device attack in Borno’s Konduga village resulted in the deaths of at least 30 civilians, including an international NGO community volunteer”, it continued.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 25, 2019 19:41 UTC