Boko Haram attacks in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states have devastated families and ruined entire villages and communities. Furthermore, disputes between IDPs and their host communities concerning housing, land and property is on the increase with particular impact on widows and women in general. Nit all the IDPs are like Hamsatu as most of them still deal with conflicts from the use of land belonging to their host communities. Some of the host communities like Pompomari, for instance, have constant fallouts with the IDPs due to conflict bordering on land use. The host community where we live have been fighting with us but we thank God that the NRC came and assisted us in the acquisition of land.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2018 19:41 UTC