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Africa: Offices of Action Against Hunger closed by Nigerian armyF

Posted On 19 September 2019

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Kano, Nigeria, Sept 19, 2019  – The Nigerian army has shut down the office of NGO Action Against Hunger in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, according to staff, after six of its employees were taken hostage by jihadists. “They came and asked everyone in the building to leave. They said it was an order from above,” a staff member from the aid agency told AFP, on condition of anonymity.  “We all evacuated the office (on Wednesday). They have been guarding the building since,” the member said.  By AFP

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