Oru refugee camp, near Ijebu Igbo in Ogun, southwest Nigeria. The camp caters for victims of the Liberian and Sierra Leonean civil wars. With over 1,000 refugees, the camp's resources is stretched and has inadequate accommodation and classrooms. The only source of water is a polluted well. Refugees here suffer cases of malnutrition and malarial infection. Nigeria. September, 2007.

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