Humanitarian Crisis Looms In Zamfara, Says MSF

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that
rising violence in Zamfara State is now causing a humanitarian
crisis.

It, therefore, wants an urgent response to help the victims
after treating thousands of children for acute malnutrition,
measles, malaria and other conditions.

The MSF in a statement on Friday called for urgent support for
people said to be desperately short of food, drinking water,
shelter, protection and basic services, including healthcare.

MSF said people have been forced to flee their homes, farms and
grazing lands due to escalating violence.

Armed bandits operating in the state and neighbouring Katsina
and Niger regularly attack communities and kidnap villagers – many
of them for ransom.

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that
rising violence in Zamfara State is now causing a humanitarian
crisis.

It, therefore, wants an urgent response to help the victims
after treating thousands of children for acute malnutrition,
measles, malaria and other conditions.

The MSF in a statement on Friday called for urgent support for
people said to be desperately short of food, drinking water,
shelter, protection and basic services, including healthcare.

MSF said people have been forced to flee their homes, farms and
grazing lands due to escalating violence.

Armed bandits operating in the state and neighbouring Katsina
and Niger regularly attack communities and kidnap villagers – many
of them for ransom.