Cameroon, Jan. 16 -- Attacks, displacement, and food insecurity have become a part of daily life for communities in Cameroon's Far North region that have been living with the consequences of a prolonged conflict for more than a decade.

"I fled my village in 2019 after repeated attacks," says Hawa Marie, an internally displaced woman now living in Mora. "We were afraid because of the gunfire. With my six children, we had to leave everything behind. Life here is difficult - we don't always have enough to eat."

Hawa Marie is among thousands of people forced to flee their homes due to ongoing violence along the border between Cameroon and Nigeria, known as the Lake Chad Basin crisis. The crisis began in Nigeria in 2009 and has spread across...