Nigeria: Boko Haram - 'Over 50 Nigerian Refugees Starved to Death in Niger Republic'

Thousands of Nigerians deported from neighbouring Niger Republic following threats from Boko Haram militants have died en route to the country from lack of food and water, evacuees told Reuters news agency.

"I counted over 50 people that died on our way out of (the town of) Lalewa when the Niger soldiers were chasing us as if we are animals," one of the deportees told the agency

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