WorldLeadersTV: REFUGEES in NIGER FLEE FIGHTING (UNHCR) MaximsNewsNetwork: 13-14 August 2013: UN Refugee Agency: UNHCR: Bosso et Maine Soroa, Diffa, Niger - The river is a border and on the other side is carnage and violence; on this side in Diffa, Niger safety and thousands of new refugees who fled the fighting between the Nigerian army and Boko Haram armed rebels with nothing but their clothes. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is helping the refugees and the village with plots of land and by setting up local committees to channel relief supplies. In the heavy rain of summer, the hastily-built shelters offer barely-enough protection. But the weather doesn't kill. In the village of Bosso a family builds a shelter. They fled with nothing but their clothes. Fati Moussa is from Niger, but got married in Nigeria. She fled back to Nigeria to her aged father's home, for safety. She escaped with her youngest child. Her husband took three other children, but they were separated. Falmata Boukar was much more unlucky. This is a story of strangers helping people like Falmata Boukar, strangers like Binta Boulama, who took her in. Strangers and UNHCR are trying to cope with a new influx of the defenceless and the homeless. For those who flee their homes and homeland, a welcome and a helping hand is a gift, a gift of survival. SOUNDBITE (Haoussa) Hamid Ibrahim, Nigerian refugee: "It was very unstable -- attacks with heavy artillery, bombs, strafing. We saw relatives killed. Bodies were strewn on the ground." SOUNDBITE (Haoussa) Fati Moussa, Nigeria refugee: "The army started shooting but what was terrifying was Boko Haram. They were cutting people's throats. I saw it with my own eyes. The night Boko Haram came into the village they shot at everyone, they beat everyone men and women." SOUNDBITE (Kanouri) Falmata Boukar, Nigerian refugee: "My husband left for the school where he taught. On the road Boko Haram rebels killed him. People brought his body home hours later." SOUNDBITE (Haoussa) Binta Boulama, Niger villager: "She knew no one here, not us, not anyone. My husband opened his door to her when he heard her story." UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY: UNHCR MaximsNewsNetwork®™ & WorldLeadersTelevision™ News Network for the United Nations and the International Community™ "GIVING POWER & RESONANCE TO THE VOICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY" ™ See: http://www.MaximsNews.com See: http://www.WorldLeadersTV.com ASIA100TVNet™ ASIATV100Net™ MAGNUMMAXIM™ TodaysNetworkNews™ WORLDMAGNUM™ GLOBALMAXIM™ TODAYSNETNEWS™ NewsNetworkToday™ NetworkNewsToday™ MaximsNewsEconomics™ MaximsNewsWorld™ MaximsNewsGlobal™ MaximsNewsGreen™ MaximsNewsWater™ MaximsNewsPeople™

• published: 28 Aug 2013
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