Nigeria has lifted a ban on two international humanitarian bodies it accused of aiding “terrorists” in the country’s north east.
Without warning in September, the military moved in and closed down the offices of Action Against Hunger AAH and a second NGO Mercy Corps in northeast Nigeria.
After shutting its offices, the military accused the Paris-based organisation of aiding and abetting terrorists and their atrocities by supplying food and drugs to the insurgents.
The NGO denied the charges and, along with Mercy Corps, called for the army to reverse the closure.
The United Nations says stopping the work of the aid groups has left nearly 400,000 people without food and other essential help for the last month.
During a visit to Nigeria last week, the UN’s humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said he had received assurances the suspension would be lifted in the next few days.
