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A Look Inside a Refugee Camp in Diffa, Niger
Although security has improved in the Diffa region, hundreds of thousands are now living as refugees or displaced persons on the Niger side of the border. Photos were taken by VOA's Nicolas Pinault.
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Oumara Gobo, village chief of Assaga-Niger, watches over 100 families in this camp for displaced persons near Diffa, Niger, Feb. 28, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)
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A humanitarian worker places straw on the roof of a hut at the Assaga camp, Diffa, Feb. 29, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)
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Refugees from Assaga-Nigeria show off red peppers they produced, Feb. 28, 2016. Business had been forbidden for months as authorities feared it financed Boko Haram militants. (N. Pinault/VOA)
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Nigerian refugees living at the Assaga camp, near Diffa, Feb. 28, 2016. (N. Pinault/VOA)
