IDP being admitted to the IDP camp in Anka

IDP’s being attended to by MSF staff at the new emir’s palace IDP CAMP

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Zamfara, Nigeria. A neglected crisis.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB27159

Date taken / Date Recorded 13/10/2020 11:55 AM

Country Nigeria

Detailed location Anka, Zamfara state, Nigeria.

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

Photographer / videographer / producer Abayomi Akande

Copyright Abayomi Akande

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Project section OCA and OCBA.

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

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Additional Information / Shotlist Nigeria’s northwest has been plagued by insecurity and criminal activity over recent years. Between 2011-2019 more than 200,000 people have been uprooted from their homes, and more than 8,000 have been killed (International Crisis Group). Currently around 69,000 people are displaced in different parts of Zamfara state, according to UNHCR.

In Zamfara state, escalating violence in 2018, in particular in the north of the state, led to the displacement of tens of thousands of people. Thousands fled to the town of Anka, in search of safety and shelter. Villages in Zamfara continue to be attacked by armed groups, on a near-daily basis , and displacement continues.

MSF is the only international NGO permanently working in the state. MSF has worked in in Anka since 2010 and, since 2019, in response to the violence, started working in Shinkafi and Zurmi, supporting hospitals there .