UN Says 27,000 Killed in Northeast Nigeria Attacks Since 2009
Rescue workers carry a victim of a Boko Haram attack in 2018.
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More than 27,000 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, the United Nations said.
“The humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria is one of the most severe in the world and is first and foremost a protection crisis,” Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said in emailed statement. “Women, men and children face grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law every day.”