Nigeria, Burkina Faso host over 5m displaced persons, says UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said 6,976,470 individuals were forcibly displaced by conflicts and violence in West Africa. Out of the 6,976,470 persons, 6,352,346 are Internally Displaced Persons and 624,124 are refugees and asylum-seekers According to the UNHCR, Nigeria and Burkina Faso hosts the highest displaced population with 5,641,530 individuals in West Africa. It attributed conflicts …