Niger is affected by violence and displacement around its border regions, which are part of the central Sahel and the Lake Chad basin.
Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali share a border region in the central Sahel where state and non-state groups operate against a backdrop of high levels of poverty, climate change, rapid population growth, and increased competition for dwindling resources.
Southeastern Niger is part of the Lake Chad Basin, where violence that began in Nigeria in 2009 spread. The region was already extremely vulnerable due to social inequalities, poverty, poor infrastructure and recurrent droughts.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a range of health programmes throughout Niger to address the significant medical needs caused by conflicts, displacement, food insecurity, child malnutrition and epidemics.
