ICRC Urges Nigerian Militants to Free Abducted Healthcare Workers
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is making an urgent appeal to Islamic State's West Africa affiliate in Nigeria to release two healthcare workers who were abducted earlier this year.
“We urge you for mercy. We urge you to not kill another innocent health care worker who was doing nothing but helping the community in north-east Nigeria,†wrote the ICRC’s recent plea.
ICRC says a deadline that could result in the killing of one of the healthcare workers is less than 24 hours away.
Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/a/red-cross-urges-nigerian-militants-to-spare-2-health-workers/4612900.html
NY Times:
Kidnapped Aid Workers in Nigeria May Have Just Hours Before Being Killed
By Emmanuel Akinwotu
Oct. 14, 2018
Either of two aid workers kidnapped by a faction of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria may have only hours to be rescued before being executed, according to a fervent appeal by the aid organizations they work for.
Hauwa Muhammed Liman, a 24-year-old midwife at a government health care center supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Alice Loksha, a nurse working for the United Nations agency Unicef, were abducted along with another aid worker in March, when militants thought to belong to a Boko Haram faction stormed Rann, a northeastern Nigerian town where there are tens of thousands of refugees.
The faction, the Islamic State West African Province, which is supported by ISIS, has been responsible for high-profile abductions and propaganda victories, further complicating the security crisis from an insurgency entering its 10th year
Hauwa Muhammed Liman, who has been held since her abduction by a Boko Haram faction in March.CreditInternational Committee of the Red Cross, via Reuters
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/world/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-kidnapping.html
Borno state, per the map, is the center of the Islamic insurgency there.
