Nigeria, April 25 -- More than 5,000 residents of Ngoshe in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State have fled to nearby Pulka following a recent wave of armed attacks, leaving families in overcrowded conditions with little access to food, water, or shelter.

The displacement follows violence in early March that forced residents to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Pulka, about 15 kilometres away, where many are now sleeping in open spaces and along roadsides.

According to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), one of the displaced persons, Safiya Aga, described how residents fled after their homes were destroyed.

"Our homes were bombed, everything we owned was destroyed. We fled with almost nothing," she said in a statement released by...