UNICEF: Half a million children 'flee Boko Haram' 

The UN Children's Agency, Unicef says half a million children have fled attacks by the Islamist Group, Boko Haram over the past five months.  

This brings the number of displaced children in Nigeria and neighbouring countries to one point four million.

Tens of thousands are suffering from acute malnutrition and some of their camps have been affected by cholera. 

Boko Haram attacks have increased after it was driven out of territory it held by a regional military offensive. 

265 thousand children have also been uprooted in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
 
BBC