UN: Helicopter Aid Reaches 45,000 in Boko Haram-hit Northeast Nigeria

Flying in aid workers by helicopter to remote, hard-to-reach areas previously cut off from help by Boko Haram violence across northeast Nigeria has provided more than 45,000 people with aid over the past week, the United Nations said Thursday. Many of those receiving aid have received little or no assistance so far, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) said. A military push against the jihadist group Boko Haram has enabled troops to enter remote parts of northeast Nigeria in the last few...

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