North-East Nigeria: Operational Update, February 2021
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Borno and Yobe States this month.
UNHCR’s protection, human rights and border monitoring visits captured nearly 57,000 internally displaced people and refugee returnees in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States in February.
UNHCR and partners raised awareness on protection and COVID19 prevention measures among 38,000 people across the BAY States.
Operational Highlights
■ In February, the North-East continued to witness intense attacks by the non-State armed groups (NSAG). Additionally, abductions and killings occurred at illegal vehicle check points and continued to limit freedom of movement of locals, internally displaced people (IDPs) and humanitarians.
■ In Borno State, several attacks, ambushes, and illegal check points by NSAG continued along main highways such as Maiduguri-Monguno, Maiduguri-Damasak, and Gubio-Magumeri where NSAG collected ID and SIM cards from commuters, robbed motorists of money, phones,