Diffa Region

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Diffa Region is a sparsely populated, conflict-affected administrative region in southeastern Niger bordering Nigeria and Chad, known for insecurity linked to Boko Haram and Islamic State–affiliated insurgent groups.

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Label Occurrences
Diffa Region canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
administrativeLevel region
affectedBy Boko Haram insurgency NERFINISHED
Islamic State–affiliated insurgent groups
Lake Chad Basin conflict NERFINISHED
borderingEntity Borno State NERFINISHED
Diffa Department NERFINISHED
Lac Region NERFINISHED
Maine-Soroa Department NERFINISHED
N’Guigmi Department NERFINISHED
Yobe State NERFINISHED
bordersCountry Chad NERFINISHED
Nigeria NERFINISHED
borderType international land border
capital Diffa NERFINISHED
climate semi-arid Sahelian climate
country Niger NERFINISHED
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
pastoralism
geographicalZone Lake Chad Basin NERFINISHED
Sahel NERFINISHED
governedBy Governor of Diffa Region
hasEthnicGroup Fulani people NERFINISHED
Hausa people NERFINISHED
Kanuri people NERFINISHED
hasIssue food insecurity
insecurity
internal displacement
limited basic services
refugee influx
hasLanguage Hausa NERFINISHED
Kanuri NERFINISHED
hosts internally displaced persons
refugees from Nigeria
largestCity Diffa NERFINISHED
locatedIn southeastern Niger
locatedNearLake Lake Chad NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Komadougou Yobe River NERFINISHED
partOf Niger–Chad border area NERFINISHED
Niger–Nigeria border area
Republic of Niger NERFINISHED
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
religion Islam
securitySituation conflict-affected
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT)
surface form: West Africa Time
usedFor military operations against insurgent groups
utcOffset +1

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Diffa locatedIn Diffa Region
Diffa capitalOf Diffa Region
Kanuri people concentratedIn Diffa Region