500,000 more children uprooted by Boko Haram: Unicef

Breaking Gulf News from UAE - Lagos: Some 500, 000 children have been forced to flee Boko Haram militants in the last five months after an upsurge in attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the UN children’s agency said on Friday. The additional numbers of children made homeless has taken the total number of youngsters in the Lake Chad region who have been forced to flee to 1. 4 million, Unicef said in a statement.