Insurgents in Nigeria Hold 6 Aid Workers

Expand A screen grab taken from a video released on July 25, 2019 allegedly showing a female aid worker from Action Against Hunger and five male colleagues kidnapped in an attack in northeast Nigeria last week. © 2019 Handout/AFP/Getty Images A video has emerged online of six aid workers in Nigeria who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on July 18. In the video, a woman who identifies herself as Grace, an employee of the humanitarian relief agency Action Against Hunger, pleads for the release of her and her colleagues, who can be seen sitting around her. The six were abducted…

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