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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has revealed that over 5,000 residents of Ngoshe, Gwoza, in Borno State have been forced to flee from their homes since the March 3, 2026, attack.
MSF Field Communication Officer Abdulkareem Yakubu said that residents of the community who fled from their homes are now living under harsh conditions with no formal shelters.
“Survivors fled with little warning,” Yakubu said, adding they sought refuge about 15 kilometres away in Pulka under harsh conditions. Many displaced, mainly women, children and the elderly, arrived with little or nothing.
“With no formal shelters, families sleep in open spaces and along roadsides, exposed to harsh weather and insecurity. Access to essential services is critically limited, with food shortages, unsafe water and poor sanitation raising fears of disease outbreaks,” Yakubu said.
A displaced resident, Safiya Mohammed-Aga, said he and other residents fled with nothing.
“Our homes were bombed and belongings destroyed. We fled with almost nothing, sometimes without clothes,” he said.
MSF emergency coordinator, Abdoulaye Mahmoudoune, warned that urgent needs persist.
“People urgently need food and better access to water, sanitation and hygiene services,” Mahmoudoune said.
“While MSF is responding, needs are overwhelming. One organisation cannot meet them alone. Other humanitarian actors must act immediately.”
