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Nigeria’s Army is Accusing International Bodies of Working with Boko Haram and Undermining Soldiers

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    December 17, 2018
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In less than a week, Nigeria’s military has railed against two major international organizations operating in the country.

On Friday (Dec. 14), the military banned operations by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria’s volatile northeast claiming the agency spied for Boko Haram terrorists operating in the region. The army claimed UNICEF staff were sabotaging its counter-terrorism efforts by alleging human rights abuses by the military. But in a swift turnaround just a few hours later—reportedly due to high-level diplomatic talks involving the UN and the United States—the army lifted its ban on the agency

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    2018-12-17
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    https://qz.com/africa/1498149/nigerian-army-says-unicef-amnesty-intl-aid-boko-haram/
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