Boko Haram crisis pushes poor of western Chad to brink of hunger, says UNICEF – TRFN
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Under the shade of a wooden shack in the western Chadian town of Bagasola, heavily pregnant Zara Gayi sells mangoes and vegetables, hoping to earn enough money to feed her four children. "My husband used to ride boats to Nigeria. In the past, he could earn 100,000 Naira ($500) a month," she told the United Nations children's agency UNICEF. Disruptions to trade and an influx of refugees fleeing Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria have made life more difficult for people already struggling with a poor harvest in western Chad.
