People affected by floods are escorted through flood water on a military vehicle in Maiduguri on September 12, 2024. – Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, officials said on September 11, 2024.
Maiduguri, at the epicentre of a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency, serves as the hub for the responses to the humanitarian crisis in the northeast.
The crisis was caused by the rupture of the Alau dam on the Ngadda River, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Maiduguri over the weekend.
According to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), more than 23,000 households, and upwards of 150,000 people, were hit by the subsequent rapid rise of waters. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)