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UN Accuses Boko Haram of 'Almost Unimaginable' Brutality
Source: Associated Press
UN Accuses Boko Haram of 'Almost Unimaginable' Brutality
By EDITH M. LEDERER, ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Jul 27, 2016, 4:30 PM ET
Boko Haram is engaged in "almost unimaginable" violence and brutality that has forced massive numbers of people to flee their homes and led to unprecedented numbers of people in need, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday.
Stephen O'Brien said the U.N. estimates that over nine million people across the Lake Chad Basin spanning parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon need humanitarian assistance, including about 2.8 million who fled violent attacks in their towns and villages.
Boko Haram's "most heinous, barbaric and unconscionable" violence and brutality has also resulted in serious human rights violations and economic disruption in a fragile region already impacted by the world's highest population growth and worst poverty, climate change and the massive drying up of Lake Chad which straddles the four countries, he said.
O'Brien told the Security Council that Nigeria is bearing "the brunt of the crisis" despite significant government efforts, with Nigerians accounting for seven million of the nine million people needing humanitarian help.
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By EDITH M. LEDERER, ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Jul 27, 2016, 4:30 PM ET
Boko Haram is engaged in "almost unimaginable" violence and brutality that has forced massive numbers of people to flee their homes and led to unprecedented numbers of people in need, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday.
Stephen O'Brien said the U.N. estimates that over nine million people across the Lake Chad Basin spanning parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon need humanitarian assistance, including about 2.8 million who fled violent attacks in their towns and villages.
Boko Haram's "most heinous, barbaric and unconscionable" violence and brutality has also resulted in serious human rights violations and economic disruption in a fragile region already impacted by the world's highest population growth and worst poverty, climate change and the massive drying up of Lake Chad which straddles the four countries, he said.
O'Brien told the Security Council that Nigeria is bearing "the brunt of the crisis" despite significant government efforts, with Nigerians accounting for seven million of the nine million people needing humanitarian help.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/accuses-boko-haram-unimaginable-brutality-40930702
