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B-Haram Now ‘Mere Scavengers Desperate For Food’ – Buhari

August 12, 2020 8:56 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has dispelled assumptions that the terrorists in the Northeast had far more weapons and money than the federal government, stressing that what is left of them are “mere scavengers desperate for food, raiding shops and markets, and killing innocent persons in the process.”

This was one of the assertions made by the President at his virtual meeting with governors coordinated from the State House, Abuja on Tuesday – Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity said in a statement in Abuja.

The President, however, expressed concern that in spite of the fact …

Protests Rage In Northeast India Over Citizenship Bill

December 10, 2019 3:43 pm

Protestors in northeast India set fire to tyres and cut down trees to block roads on Tuesday in a shutdown across the region hours after lawmakers approved the government’s new citizenship bill.

The legislation, set to go before the upper house on Wednesday, will fast-track citizenship claims from immigrants from three neighbouring countries — but not if they are Muslim.

For Islamic groups, the opposition, rights groups and others this fits into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda to marginalise India’s 200 million Muslims — something he denies.

People in northeast India object for different reasons, fearing that large …

Nigeria To Lift Ban On Aid Groups In Northeast – Lowcock

October 25, 2019 8:57 am

United Nations humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said Friday that Nigeria has promised to lift a ban on two international aid groups working in the restive northeast in the “next few days”.

The army closed down the offices of Action Against Hunger (ACF) and Mercy Corps in northeast Nigeria in September, sparking fears it could worsen the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.

The military accused Paris-based ACF of “aiding and abetting terrorists and their atrocities” by supplying food and drugs to the jihadist fighters.

Lowcock said after meeting local officials and military chiefs in the conflict zone that

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