Gombe monarch urge IDPs to return home, rebuild communities (Guardian)
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In this photo taken on September 15, 2016 women and children queue to enter one of the Unicef nutrition clinics at the Muna makeshift camp which houses more than 16,000 IDPs (internaly displaced people) on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.
Aid agencies have long warned about the risk of food shortages in northeast Nigeria because of the conflict, which has killed at least 20,000 since 2009 and left more than 2.6 million homeless. In July, the United Nations said nearly 250,000 children under five could suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year in Borno state alone and one in five -- some 50,000 -- could die. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS
Alhaji Saleh Mohammed, the paramount ruler of Kaltungo, Gombe State, has urged Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to return and rebuild their respective communities following relative peace recorded in the country.
Mohammed made the appeal in Kaltungo on Sunday in his Sallah message while speaking with newsmen.
He said returning to their various communities would signify the end of crisis and can play an important role in preventing further displacement.
According to him, the only safe environment for displaced persons is to return back to their homes and places of origin as important task of peace building. Read more
