Nigeria bomb blast hits Yola camp for Boko Haram refugees

By BBC News

A bomb has exploded at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.

Emergency services told the AFP news agency that at least three people were killed in the blast caused by an improvised explosive device.
It occurred at the Malkohi camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Yola in Adamawa state.
Yola has been seen as a relative safe place for those fleeing the violence.
Two million people have been forced from their homes since the militant Islamist group Boko Haram launched its insurgency in northern-eastern Nigeria in 2009.

According to Amnesty International, at least 17,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Although the militants lost their strongholds this year, they are still active and there has been an upsurge in suicide attacks since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May.