UN urges independent probes into deadly Nigeria, Chad air attacks
Key takeaways
- UN rights chief ‘shocked’ by reports that Nigerian and Chadian forces killed more than 100 civilians and seeks investigations.
- Nigeria’s military has been battling “bandits” in the northwest, often describing them as “terrorists”.
- The Nigerian military and the “bandit” gangs killed at least 100 civilians on Sunday in one of the bloodiest days in the state’s conflict against armed groups, according to Amnesty International.
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UN rights chief ‘shocked’ by reports that Nigerian and Chadian forces killed more than 100 civilians and seeks investigations.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Air raids by Chadian forces reportedly killed dozens of Nigerian fishermen working on islands under Boko Haram control [File: Ahmed Kingimi/Reuters]By AFP and Reuters Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026The United Nations human rights chief has demanded independent investigations into reports that separate air attacks by the Nigerian and Chadian forces in northern Nigeria killed more than 100 civilians.
“I am shocked by reports that Nigerian army airstrikes on a market in Zamfara state killed at least 100 civilians on 10 May and injured many more,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement on Wednesday.