{"id":2704,"date":"2018-12-14T19:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2018-12-14T19:12:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:12:31","slug":"nigeria-accuses-unicef-staff-of-spying-halts-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2018\/12\/14\/nigeria-accuses-unicef-staff-of-spying-halts-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria accuses UNICEF staff of spying, halts activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) &#8211; The Nigerian military on Friday accused United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) staff of spying for Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria, and suspended the agency\u2019s activities there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The northeast has been torn apart by a decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram and its splinter group Islamic State West Africa, in which more than 30,000 people have been killed and many more driven from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNICEF staff \u201ctrain and deploy spies who support the insurgents and their sympathizers\u201d, the Nigerian military said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These were \u201cunwholesome practices that could further jeopardize the fight against terrorism and insurgency\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A UNICEF spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With millions displaced, Nigeria\u2019s northeast is largely dependent on international aid.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) &#8211; The Nigerian military on Friday accused United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) staff of spying for Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria, and suspended the agency\u2019s activities there. The northeast has been torn apart by a decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram and its splinter group Islamic State West Africa, in which more than 30,000 people have been killed&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2018\/12\/14\/nigeria-accuses-unicef-staff-of-spying-halts-activities\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2705,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions\/2705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}