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Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Benin, have all contributed troops to regional task force to fight Boko Haram [WFP]
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern for some 50,000 people, who have been forced to flee a town in Niger after a devastating attack from armed group Boko Haram.
Adrian Edwards, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesman, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that tens of thousands of people were forced to flee the town of Bosso, in south-eastern Niger, after the armed group attacked a military outpost based over the weekend.
Edwards said that many of those fleeing the town were headed towards Toumour, some 30km west of Bosso, living in the open and in pecarious conditions.
"This is a desperately poor area where the general insecurity has destroyed the socio-economic fabric. The self-reliance capacity of the displaced and their hosts is extremely limited.
"Many people are reportedly traumatised and worried about their safety. People are sleeping in the open and urgently need shelter and other assistance," Edwards said.
Authorities said that at least 30 Nigerian civilians and two Nigerian soldiers were killed during that attack on Friday.
Quoting the mayor of Bosso and a Nigerian military source, Reuters reported on Monday
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