UNHCR Nigeria Benue Protection Update - August 2026

Country: Nigeria Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Please refer to the attached file. Situation Update Coordinated armed attacks on the communities of Ayaba, Ukpen, Bom, Aboajio and Yina in Mbazun Ward, Ukum LGA, killed 58 people in August, in the deadliest single episode recorded in Benue this year. A joint assessment by the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, the Nigerian Red Cross Society and UNHCR profiled more than 440 displaced families, with total household displacement estim