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USG RESPONSE TO THE NIGERIA CRISIS Last Updated 09/30/15 NIGER CHAD COUNTRYWIDE NIGER COUNTRYWIDE UNHAS OCHA NIGERIA AAH CHAD UNHAS 1 COUNTRYWIDE 0 Sokoto 0 Lake Katsina ,0 IOM 0 Chad UNHAS 0 SOKOTO CONFLICT-AFFECTED AREAS OCHA BirninKEBBI Kebbi ZAMFARA KATSINA Implementing Partners CONFLICT-AFFECTED JIGAWA YOBE AREAS Gusau Kano UNHCR Jere 200 WFP Implementing Partners 195,900 14, Dutse Maiduguri KANO Damaturu FAO CONFLICT-AFFECTED ICRC AREAS Implementing Partners BORNO UNICEF 1,650,800 UNHCR WFP Kaduna Bauchi BENIN Implementing Partners Gombe Kainji KADUNA BAUCHI IRC Reservoir UNICEF 72,400 GOMBE Jos 18,200 USAID/OFDA USAID/FFP Samaritan’s Purse Minna ADAMAWA State/PRM USAID/Nigeria ICRC NIGER 117,700 Displacement by State* # Source: IOM, August 2015 SC Abuja PLATEAU Nigerian refugees, vulnerable Implementing Partners 10,200 ! Yola migrants, and returnees FEDERAL Jalingo Source: UNHCR, September 2015 ICRC CAPITAL UNICEF TERRITORY Ilorin KWARA Agriculture and Food Security IOM NASARAWA Lafia Cash Transfers UNDP 41,100 OYO Economic Recovery and IRC TARABA Market Systems Osogbo Lokoja 5 UNFPAEKITI Makurdi 8,6 44,000 00 Education Ado-Ekiti CAMEROON Ibadan Food Assistance SC OSUN KOGI WHOAkure Food Vouchers Abeokuta BENUE UNHCR CAMEROON Health OGUN CONFLICT-AFFECTED Humanitarian Air Service Ikeja ONDO ENUGU AREAS Humanitarian Coordination and LAGOS EDO Implementing Partners Information Management Enugu Abakaliki Lagos ANAMBRA Local and Regional Procurement Benin City Akwa Number of IDPs by Local Asaba EBONYI IOM Logistics and Relief Commodities Government Area Multi Sector Assistance < 2,500 CROSS IMO ABIA WFP Nutrition 2,501 - 15,000 RIVER DELTA Umuahia CENTRAL INFORMA Protection IC TI Owerri PH O 15,001 - 50,000 A N R U G N O I T E AFRICAN G Uyo ICRC Protection and Assistance 50,001 - 1,050,366 U Port S A A Yenagoa D I F D O Source: IOM, August 2015 / D C H A / REPUBLICRisk Management Policy and Practice Harcourt AKWA BAYELSA IDP gures remain unknown UNHCR Shelter RIVERS LBOM due to insecurity-related Calabar Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene access constraints The boundaries and names used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the U.S. Government..

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Main Events Facilitated by the Nigeria Tropical Biology Association from 2016-2020
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