US EditionBenue Remains Under Siege, over 500,000 Displaced - Amnesty International
MAKURDI, BENUE, JUL 09 – Fidelity Bank distributed mattresses and food to over 2,000 displaced persons at Makurdi camps as part of its ongoing Food Bank program supporting vulnerable communities in Nigeria.
- Gunmen raided Yelewata on June 14, killing over 100 and displacing nearly 4,000 residents.
- Long-Standing herder-farmer clashes in Benue State since 2016 have fueled gunmen raids like the June 14 attack, Amnesty International reports.
- With spent bullet casings scattered and freshly dug mass graves, Amnesty noted clear evidence of the violence in Yelewata.
- Over 510,000 IDPs face dire conditions with inadequate water, sanitation, and healthcare amid ongoing violence in Benue State.
- Amnesty International urges Nigerian authorities to provide shelter, food, healthcare, and end impunity to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Nigeria faces humanitarian crisis amid violence and mass displacement, rights group says
Amnesty International urged Nigerian authorities on Thursday to take immediate action to address the humanitarian crisis in Benue State, ensure accountability, and provide the necessary assistance to an estimated 500,000 internally displaced persons, stating that the current situation could lead to a humanitarian disaster with more lives at risk and continued deprivation of basic rights. According to Amnesty International, many residents of town…
Benue remains under siege, over 500,000 displaced - Amnesty International
At least, 500,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Benue State due to violent attacks by gunmen, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Amnesty International’s report, published on its official website and shared on X, described the dire conditions faced by the displaced people. In the latest attack on June 14, more than 100 people were killed in the town of Yelwata, and nearly 4,000 others fled for safety. “The smell of decompos…
Benue: Jukuns Appeal For Inclusion In Governance Process
The Jukun-Wanu people of Benue State have appealed to Governor Hyacinth Alia to include them in the governance process, calling for an end to what they described as decades of marginalisation. Claiming presence in 14 of the state’s 23 Local Government Areas, the ethnic group decried the absence of government infrastructure and services in their... The post Benue: Jukuns Appeal For Inclusion In Governance Process appeared first on New Telegraph.
Benue Killings: Probing The Killers’ Identity, Motive And Viable Remedy - Global Upfront Newspapers
By Tony Nnadi “Nigeria must now suspend the doomed voyage to 2027 Elections and initiate an immediate Transitioning Process to first address the multiple Existential Threats Confronting Nigerians, and threatening the very existence of the Nigerian Distressed Federation” AS bloodletting, lamentations recriminations, accusations and counter-accusations continue around the killings in Benue State, there has been a remarkable conspiracy of silence …
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