
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the safe and "dignified" return of people displaced by Nigeria's conflict, as local authorities close camps and urge people to go back to their communities.
More than 40,000 people have been killed and around 2.2 million people displaced by over a decade of fighting in the country's northeast between the military and Boko Haram and its offshoot ISIS West Africa Province (ISWAP), AFP said.