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Appeals Court Shoots Down DOJ Request To Immediately Restore Travel Ban

By Yeganeh Torbati and Tom Perry

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court late on Saturday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore a immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees.

The court ruling dealt a further setback to Trump, who has denounced the judge in the state of Washington who blocked his executive order on Friday. In tweets and comments to reporters, the president has insisted he will get the ban reinstated.

Global Overview 2014: people internally displaced by conflict and violence in Nigeria

Global Overview 2014: people internally displaced by conflict and violence - Nigeria

~Number of IDPs 3,300,000
~Percentage of total population Up to 2%
~Start of displacement situation1999
New displacement in 2013: At least 470,500

Causes of displacement
✓ Armed conflict
✓ Generalised violence
✓ Human rights violations

The militant extremist armed group Boko Haram carried out an increasing number of brutal attacks during 2013, which triggered significant new displacement in north-eastern Nigeria. The attacks, as well as heavy-handed counterinsurgency operations, also compounded ongoing inter-communal conflict in the country's central Middle Belt region. There are concerns that the violence may increase as the 2015 elections draw nearer and political allegiances shift.

Boko Haram Attacks: Faces of Nigerian refugees (Photos)

Boko Haram Islamist insurgents activities have really made life very cruel for many Nigerians especially those in the North-Eastern region of the country.

A Nigerian woman sifts corn flour as she prepares her evening meal in the refugee camp of Minawao, on the border of Nigeria at the extreme north of Cameroon, on March 29, 2014. The camp is about 130 kilometres east from the border. | AFP