The Yelewata killing victims in Benue State, among whom, have received humanitarian assistance from the European Union, who have allocated €1.5 million.
More than 1.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes since 2018, according to the EU.
Additionally, the EU stated in a statement that over 400, 000 people had been displaced and over 6, 900 lives had lost between 2024 and 2025.
This EU funding will support efforts to implement activities in areas like protection, shelter, water, sanitation, and hygiene for a period of six months, in addition to multi-purpose financial aid, in collaboration with the IOM.
“An already troubling humanitarian crisis has been worsened by the escalating armed violence in Benue State, Nigeria, which has caused thousands of people to flee.” A wave of attacks in June 2025, which had previously caused a cycle of heightened vulnerability, forced almost 23, 000 people to flee. Many of them had already been.
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The aid package will include multi-purpose cash assistance for the affected populations as well as protection, shelter, water, sanitation, and hygiene.
“The conditions inside the camps are terrible. Families face a severe lack of shelter and unreliable access to clean, sanitary, and sanitation facilities (WASH). The humanitarian response is still a challenge because protection risks have increased significantly, particularly for women, children, and people with disabilities, making the access to livelihoods still difficult.
“The state of Benue has been shaken by a protracted humanitarian crisis that has been causing this most recent wave of violence,” reads the statement. Since 2018, more than 1.5 million people have been displaced from their homes.
The statement stated that the urgency of the situation was highlighted by the fact that “the violence’s escalation in 2024 and 2025 has already claimed some 6,900 lives and caused more than 400,000 to flee.
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