Insurgency: UN, EU Ask Nigerian Govt To Explore Political Solution
L-R: EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq; and UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, attend a press briefing in Abuja on January 24, 2020. Photo: Channels TV/Sodiq AdelakunThe United Nations and the European Union have raised serious concerns about the humanitarian situation in the North East.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, stated this at a joint press conference on Friday in Abuja. He was also worried about the deplorable humanitarian situation and attacks on aid workers in the region. Nigeria’s north-east region has grappled with insurgency since 2009, as tens of thousands of people have been killed with many others displaced and in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
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