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November 1, 2019
Nigeria has lifted a ban on two internationalhumanitarian bodies it accused of aiding “terrorists” in the country’s northeast.
Without warning in September, the military moved inand closed down the offices of Action Against Hunger AAH and a second NGO MercyCorps in northeast Nigeria.
After shutting its offices, the military accused theParis-based organisation of aiding and abetting terrorists and their atrocitiesby supplying food and drugs to the insurgents.
The NGO denied the charges and, along with MercyCorps, called for the army to reverse the closure.
The United Nations says stopping the work of the aidgroups has left nearly 400,000 people without food and other essential help forthe last month.
During a visit to Nigeria last week, the UN’shumanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said he had received assurances the suspensionwould be lifted in the next few days.