{"id":20333,"date":"2020-01-20T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20333"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T18:11:11","slug":"un-outraged-over-attack-on-its-facility-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/un-outraged-over-attack-on-its-facility-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"UN outraged over attack on its facility in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UN on Monday condemned the Saturday\u2019s attack on its \u201cmajor humanitarian facility\u201d in Nigeria\u2019s northeastern state of Borno.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am outraged by the extremely violent attack on this key humanitarian facility where five United Nations staff were staying at the time of the incident,\u201d Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the humanitarian hub in Ngala local government area was targeted by \u201cheavily armed non-state armed groups operatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn entire section of the facility was burned down as well as one of the few vehicles UN agencies rely on for movement and aid delivery. Protective security measures deployed at the humanitarian hub prevented any harm to the staff who was in the facility,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch incidents have a disastrous effect on the lives of the most vulnerable people who depend on our assistance to survive. Many of them had already fled violence in their area of origin and were hoping to find safety and assistance in Ngala,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has been fighting insurgents groups for over a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN on Monday condemned the Saturday\u2019s attack on its \u201cmajor humanitarian facility\u201d in Nigeria\u2019s northeastern state of Borno. \u201cI am outraged by the extremely violent attack on this key humanitarian facility where five United Nations staff were staying at the time of the incident,\u201d Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[47,332],"class_list":["post-20333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-borno","tag-un"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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