U.S. announce additional $500 million in humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents

  U.S. has announced additional $500 million in humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.
According to reports, other countries are Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

  Deputy Director, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Nathan Holt, made this known  today in Washington, D.C .
Holt, noted that the U.S. Government had also provided other forms of assistance to the Federal Government to combat Boko Haram.
He said that the amount is different from the additional $30 million released on April 28, by the U.S. Government through the World Food Programme.
Holt explained that the U.S. was working very hard with the UN to further alleviate the sufferings of the Boko Haram victims.