Nigerian Army Accuses NGO of Aiding Boko Haram
The army has closed down offices of an international aid organisation, Action Against Hunger, which it accuses of aiding Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country. The army claims that Action Against Hunger has been supplying the insurgents with food and drugs. The NGO has denied the allegation and says the move jeopardizes help it gives to many vulnerable people in the region.
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Soldiers Seal Another Office of International Humanitarian Organisation
Premium Times, 19 September 2019
Nigerian soldiers have surrounded the Damaturu office of Action Against Hunger, an international non-governmental organisation in Yobe State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Army Seals Action Against Hunger Office, Ejects Staff
Premium Times, 19 September 2019
Nigerian soldiers have surrounded the Maiduguri office of Action Against Hunger, an international nongovernmental working in Borno State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Army Accuses NGO of Supplying Food, Drugs to Militant Groups
This Day, 20 September 2019
The Theartre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole has declared a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Action Against Hunger, (AAH) persona non grata following its alleged involvement… Read more »
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Nigeria:
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Leadership, 20 September 2019
The Nigerian Army has said there is observed massive exodus of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists out of their hideout in Lake Chad Tumbus to North and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram's Youngest Victims
IPS, 19 September 2019
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Nigeria:
Military - Terrorists Fleeing to North, Central Africa
This Day, 20 September 2019
Military authorities Thursday claimed that fighters of terrorist groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP), have begun fleeing to North and Central… Read more »
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