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UN Suspends Aid to Northern Nigerian State after Attack

Friday, July 29, 2016

The UN has pulled aid deliveries to Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno temporarily due to an attack on the convoy delivering the aid.

In a statement UNICEF said that unknown assailants attacked the convoy as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering aid in Bama. One UNICEF employee and International Organization for Migration contractor was injured in the attack on the convoy.

“The United Nations has temporarily suspended humanitarian assistance missions pending review of the security situation,” it said.


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