{"id":10461,"date":"2016-07-29T17:35:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10461"},"modified":"2016-07-29T17:35:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:35:19","slug":"un-suspends-aid-to-north-eastern-nigeria-after-humanitarian-convoy-was-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10461","title":{"rendered":"UN suspends aid to North Eastern Nigeria after humanitarian convoy was attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria\u2019s north-eastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked.<span id=\"more-7989\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unicef said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering aid in Bama, injuring a Un<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unicef.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10462\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unicef-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"Unicef\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unicef-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unicef.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>icef employee and an International Organization for Migration contractor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday unknown assailants attacked a humanitarian convoy that included staff from UNICEF, UNFPA and IOM. The convoy was traveling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, returning from delivering desperately needed humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNICEF can confirm that a UNICEF employee and an IOM contractor were injured in the attack and are being treated at a local hospital. All other UNICEF, IOM and UNFPA staff are safe.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe convoy was in a remote area of northeastern Nigeria, where protracted conflict has caused extreme suffering and has triggered a severe malnutrition crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not only an attack on humanitarian workers. It is an attack on the people who most need the assistance and aid that these workers were bringing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United Nations has temporarily suspended humanitarian assistance missions pending review of the security situation,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Army had in an earlier statement indicated that the attack was carried out by members of Boko Haram insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>Army spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman said in a statement late Thursday that the attack which occurred in Meleri village, a few kilometres from Kawuri, was however successfully cleared by the gallant troops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, 2 soldiers and 3 civilians were wounded in the ambush, among who were staff of United Nations agencies and other international humanitarian organizations.<\/p>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria\u2019s north-eastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked. Unicef said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering aid in Bama, injuring a Unicef employee and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[34,274,803,427],"class_list":["post-10461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","tag-boko-haram","tag-maiduguri","tag-sani-usman","tag-unicef"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Unicef.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-2IJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10463,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10461\/revisions\/10463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}