Maiduguri under water: what the Alau Dam flood figures do and do not show
On 10 September 2024 a breach of the Alau Dam flooded about 40 percent of Maiduguri. OCHA figures cited by UNICEF put deaths at 37, with close to 400,000 displaced people registered in camps within a week, while investigators dispute how a dam that received repair money ended up in that state.
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