West Africa: Driven Back and Desperate, Boko Haram Heaps Misery On Niger

Diffa, Niger — Displaced Nigerians are hungry, scared of further violence and haunted by bloodshed they witnessed

When Boko Haram attacked Falmaya Baba Gama's village last year in northeast Nigeria, executing a dozen men and burning down the market, thousands of people fled across the border into Niger, with some forced to leave behind their children amid the chaos.

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