The conflict between military forces and non-state armed groups in the Lake Chad region broke out in northeast Nigeria in 2009. It has since spread into neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, creating one of the largest humanitarian crises in Africa.
Many of the displaced have found refuge in host communities, putting a huge strain on a region already suffering from poverty, food insecurity, recurrent disease outbreaks and weak health systems.
MSF teams have responded to the high humanitarian needs caused by the conflict in the region.
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Crisis update: Borno and Yobe states, June 2018
![Listening spaces in Diffa Listening spaces in Diffa](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/8k7ahda615j0uefhv86143877568tij3.jpg)
In Diffa, listening spaces have been set up for and by women from the community
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MSF suspends medical activities in Rann
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What’s happening in the northeast?
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MSF scales up activities as cholera spreads in Borno state
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Crisis Update - July 2017
![Diffa, Niger: a region devastated by the Boko Haram crisis Diffa, Niger: a region devastated by the Boko Haram crisis](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/j04hmj01300502x07dt54vdon1q5vs71.jpg)
Diffa - the burden of violence
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Hepatitis E outbreak linked to water shortages and poor sanitation
![Nigeria, Banki, March 2017 Nigeria, Banki, March 2017](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/51g5o6614fprw60n78e7n1dcyjc3l8xx.jpg)