GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - Violence in northwest Nigeria has
forced around 20,000 people to seek safety in neighbouring Niger
since April, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
It said the surge was not linked to Islamist group Boko
Haram.
"People are reportedly fleeing due to multiple reasons,
including clashes between farmers and herders of different
ethnic groups, vigilantism, as well as kidnappings for ransom,"
it said in a media briefing.