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Nigeria: IDP Camp Bombing By Nigerian Air Force, Shocking, Unacceptable - PDP
Premium Times, 19 January 2017
Nigeria's major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is "shocked and totally dismayed" at the news of the accidental bombing of an Internally… Read more »
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Nigeria: IDP Camp Bombing - Sad, Unfortunate, but Not Unique - Borno Governor
Premium Times, 19 January 2017
The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, said on Wednesday that though sad, the Tuesday accidental bombing of a civilian population in his state was not unique. Read more »
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Nigeria: IDP Camp Bombing - 54 Victims Stabilised in 3 Maiduguri Hospitals
Premium Times, 18 January 2017
At least 54 victims of the military bomb misfire in Rann, headquarters of Kala-Balge are hospitalized in three hospitals located in Maiduguri with all of them in stable conditions,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dozens Feared Dead After Jet Accidentally Bombed IDP Camp
Premium Times, 18 January 2017
The MSF, otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders, has said that at least 52 people were killed after a Nigerian fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb on an internally… Read more »
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Nigeria: IDP Camp Bombing - Ministers, Service Chiefs Arrive Maiduguri
Premium Times, 18 January 2017
A federal government delegation led by the Chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, in respect of Tuesday's bombing of a displaced persons'… Read more »
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Nigeria: Accidental Bombing of IDPs Camp - Nigerian Airforce Apologise
Vanguard, 18 January 2017
The Nigerian Air Force, yesterday, apologized over the accidental air raid on the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Borno State Read more »
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Nigeria: Camp Bombing - UN, Red Cross, Unicef, Others React
Premium Times, 18 January 2017
The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have asked the Nigerian government to ensure the unfortunate incident of Tuesday where dozens of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fighter Jet Misfires, Kills 52 Civilians, Injures Over 100 in Borno
Leadership, 18 January 2017
At least 52 civilians including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were yesterday killed when a military fighter jet mistakenly opened fire on an Internally Displaced Persons… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army Jet Mistakenly Drops Bomb On Displacement Camp
Premium Times, 17 January 2017
Several people are feared dead after a military plane mistakenly dropped a bomb inside the Rann IDP camp in Borno State. Read more »
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Nigeria: 53 Killed As Airforce Jet Bombs IDP Camp in Borno
Daily Trust, 18 January 2017
Nigerian military jet killed 53 humanitarian aid workers and internally displaced persons, injuring 100 others when it accidentally bombed an IDPs camp in Rann, Borno state… Read more »
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Nigeria: President Buhari Regrets Accidental Bombing of Borno IDP Camp
Premium Times, 17 January 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari has received with deep sadness and regret, the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State, by the Nigerian Air Force, engaged in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: NAF Bombing - Shettima Orders Hospitals Treat Victims
Vanguard, 17 January 2017
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state on Tuesday, ordered all hospitals and health agency to standby to provide emergency medical response to victims of Rann attack by Nigeria's… Read more »
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Nigeria: Saraki Condoles With Victims of IDP Camp Accident
Leadership, 17 January 2017
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has conveyed his deep regret over the accidental bombing of the Rann Community in Borno State. Read more »