Nigeria Boko Haram: Nigeria Boko Haram: Scores of refugees starved to death - MSF 23 June 2016 Africa Nearly 200 refugees fleeing Boko Haram militants have starved to death over the past month in Bama, Nigeria,the medical charity MSF says. A "catastrophic humanitarianemergency" is unfoldingat a camp it visited where24,000 people have taken refuge. Manyinhabitants are traumatised and one in fivechildrenis sufferingfromacute malnutrition, MSF says. The Islamist group's seven-year rebellion has left20,000 people dead and morethan two milliondisplaced. Nigeria's militaryhas carried out a large-scale offensiveagainst them but Boko Haram still attacks villages in the north-east, destroyinghomes and burningdown wells. Displaced people in Bama say new graves are appearing on a daily basis, according to a statement from MSF. It quoted inhabitants as saying about 30 people died everyday due to hungeror illness. Althoughthe area has been unsafe to travel through,MSF says one of its teams reached Bama on Tuesday. It wentin with a militaryconvoy fromthe city of Maiduguriin Borno state. "This is the first time MSF has been able to access Bama, but we already know the needs of the people there are beyond critical," said Ghada Hatim, MSF head of mission in Nigeria. "We are treating malnourishedchildrenin medical facilities in Maiduguriand see the trauma on the faces of our patients who have witnessed and survived many horrors," hesaid. Share this story Aboui