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Here’s the Borno picture that’s making Nigerians cry

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December 8, 2015

The picture below has driven many Nigerians to tears.

Nigerians ask if this picture of a woman and her starving baby is from Somalia, and not from terror-torn Borno State.
Nigerians ask if this picture of Yakana and her starving baby is from Somalia, and not from terror-torn Borno State. It’s from an IDP camp in Bama. It was shot by Gbemiga Olamikan when information and culture minister Lai Mohammed visited the camp.

Some of the Nigerians are pledging to donate items to make life easier for some of the country’s internally displaced persons (IDPs).

There are over three million IDPs in Nigeria, many of them displaced by Boko Haram terrorists. At least 1.2 million of the IDPs are children. Illiteracy, poverty and global warming is compounding their misery.

Here's a picture of starving Somalian children Paolac7.blogspot.com posted online in 2013.
Here’s a picture of starving Somalian children Paolac7.blogspot.com posted online in 2013.

When @AyoolaAshiru re-shared this picture on Twitter, Sunday, many Nigerians responded by asking how they could donate to “soften” the hardship of IDPs.

We heard Lagos residents can donate items at the following address:

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donate to IDP in Nigeria

You can also visit any IDP camp in the northeast and make your presence felt..

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