{"id":146413,"date":"2025-01-16T11:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:08:51","slug":"insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Insurgency: UN frowns at attacks on civilians in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The United Nations has strongly condemned the attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents and the murder of 40 civilians in Dumba community, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Fall, in a statement on Wednesday, denounced the attack targeted at fishermen and farmers in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am horrified by the recent mass killing of fishermen and farmers in Kukawa. Several people remain missing following the attack, which occurred on January 12,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the perpetrators of the attack must be brought to justice in line with national and international human rights laws.<\/p>\n<p>Suspected terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) launched a deadly attack on Sunday, killing scores of farmers in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Humanitarian Coordinator conveyed condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured a quick recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe armed actors who perpetrated these attacks must be identified and brought to account. This attack serves as another grim reminder of the profound dangers civilians in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states continue to face,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed concern over the frequency of attacks on civilians in conflict-affected areas in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn February 2024, Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) reportedly abducted hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ngala LGA while they ventured outside the safety of trenches to gather firewood. In June, several civilians were killed, and others injured in suicide bomb attacks in Gwoza LGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn July, suspected insurgents attacked farmers in the Firgi community, also in Gwoza LGA, killing an unspecified number of IDPs and abducting women and girls. In September, more than 100 men and boys were killed in an attack on Mafa in Tarmuwa LGA, Yobe State,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fall also highlighted other violent incidents in Dikwa, Logomane, Ngala, and Pulka areas of Borno.<\/p>\n<p>While stressing the UN\u2019s commitment to supporting the affected communities in collaboration with the government, Fall called for enhanced security measures to protect civilians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The United Nations has strongly condemned the attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents and the murder of 40 civilians in Dumba community, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Fall, in a statement on Wednesday, denounced the attack targeted at fishermen and farmers in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":146412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[572,254,1077],"class_list":["post-146413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-insurgency","tag-nigeria","tag-united-nations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Insurgency: UN frowns at attacks on civilians in Nigeria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United Nations has strongly condemned the attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents and the murder of 40 civilians ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insurgency: UN frowns at attacks on civilians in Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Nations has strongly condemned the attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents and the murder of 40 civilians ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-16T10:44:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-21T15:08:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1737015469.112198.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Insurgency: UN frowns at attacks on civilians in Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-16T10:44:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-21T15:08:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1737015469.112198.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"insurgency\",\"Nigeria\",\"United Nations\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insurgency-un-frowns-at-attacks-on-civilians-in-nigeria\",\"name\":\"Insurgency: UN frowns at attacks on civilians in Nigeria - 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