Boko Haram Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===United Nations responses=== In January 2019, when thousands of refugees from northeastern Nigeria were forced to return from Cameroon, despite the continuous threat to civilian lives by Boko Haram jihadists, the [[United Nations]] was "extremely alarmed". "This action was totally unexpected and puts lives of thousands of refugees at risk," the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]], [[Filippo Grandi]] said. The UNHCR appealed to Cameroon "to continue its open door and hospitable policy" and stop any more returns.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/19/thousands-of-nigerian-refugees-fleeing-boko-haram-forced-back-by-cameroon|title=Thousands of Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram forced back by Cameroon|access-date=19 January 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In March 2021, the UN announced it was launching a $1 billion appeal in Abuja, with the goal of providing assistance to an estimated nine million northern Nigerians in need of [[humanitarian aid]] because of Boko Haram's 11-year insurgency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boko Haram |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c50znx8v435t/boko-haram |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page