Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri: hundreds of thousands of civilians at grave risk

Headline Title: Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri: hundreds of thousands of civilians at grave risk 25 January 2015 A failure to protect hundreds of thousands of civilians could lead to a disastrous humanitarian crisis said Amnesty International with reports of two large scale attacks in Nigeria on the major north-eastern city of Maiduguri as well as the nearby town of Monguno. “These ongoing attacks by Boko Haram are significant and grim news. We believe hundreds of thousands of civilians are now at grave risk,” said Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International’s Africa Director. “People…

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