{"id":8343,"date":"2016-03-22T06:06:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T06:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8343"},"modified":"2016-03-22T06:06:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T06:06:38","slug":"boko-haram-kills-20000-people-destroys-5-9b-property-in-7yrs-world-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8343","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram kills 20,000 people, destroys $5.9b property in 7yrs &#8211; World Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"35\"><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/computers-laptops-gaming\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=aa6c5676&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=aa6c5676\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/aa6c5676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=aa6c5676\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/boko-haram.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8344\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8344\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/boko-haram.jpg\" alt=\"boko haram\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>About 20,000 people have been killed since the start of the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State, according to a report from the World Bank that also put the cost of destruction at $5.9 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">The report laid bare the extent of the damage since the insurgency began in 2009 and which at one point saw the Islamists control swathes of territory across the northeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">The report is part of a Post-Insurgency Recovery and Peace-building Assessment, an intervention programme involving the World Bank, European Union and the UN with the six northeastern states.<\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.konga.com\/shoe-week?utm_source=affiliates&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_term=shoe-week&amp;utm_content=23_06_2015&amp;utm_campaign=shoe-week&amp;k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=9bbb9f25\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Shoe week<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/io3dhla?k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=9bbb9f25\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.konga.com\/cooking-baking-ingredients?utm_source=affiliates&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_term=cooking-baking-ingredients&amp;utm_content=17_11_2015&amp;utm_campaign=cooking-baking-ingredients&amp;k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=fd480db9\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/bo3dhla\/fd480db9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/io3dhla?k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=fd480db9\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">Assessments in each of the states were carried out in areas including education, health care, water, sanitation, housing, municipal buildings, energy, environment, transport, economy and business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">In Borno, sources conversant with the report told AFP monday that some 20,000 citizens are thought to have been killed during the violence &#8212; a higher figure than previous estimates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"17\">In addition, the majority of the more than 2 million internally displaced persons came from the state.<\/p>\n<div id=\"aans-body-mid\">\u00a0In the 27 local government districts that make up state, the fighting destroyed or damaged the following: 956,453 (nearly 30 per cent) out of 3,232,308 private houses; 5,335 classrooms and school buildings in 512 primary, 38 secondary and two tertiary institutions; 1,205 municipal, local government or ministry buildings; 76 police stations; 35 electricity offices.<\/div>\n<p><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.9028&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.9028&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Watc,B:Invi,Wk:1116,Dim:336X280]:Men's_Watch\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 20,000 people have been killed since the start of the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State, according to a report from the World Bank that also put the cost of destruction at $5.9 billion. 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