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Doctors Without Borders giving food to Boko Haram refugees - Mhiz Rebecca - 01-07-2017
Doctors Without Borders says it has given food
to at least 26 000 families taking refuge from Boko
Haram Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria's biggest
city, stepping outside its traditional medical role to try
to prevent more children dying.
A statement on Saturday says people are "in desperate
need" and other organisations are not stepping up.
The UN agencies and private charities operate in
Maiduguri city alongside government agencies being
investigated for corruption in food distribution.
Refugees have almost doubled the population of
Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, to 2.5 million.
The United Nations last month appealed for $1bn to
tackle Africa's worst humanitarian crisis in which 5.1
million refugees face starvation in northeast Nigeria.
It warns many more could die in famine than the 20 000-
plus killed in the seven-year Islamic uprising.