Niger: Convincing displaced people to return home
By DW
14 August 2021 |
6:47 am
The government of Niger is encouraging thousands of people who have been in exile for years to return home. An estimated 130,000 people have been forced to flee due to attacks by Boko Haram and criminals in Diffa, in southeastern Niger.
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