The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries to Nigeria’s Borno state after a humanitarian convoy was attacked, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said.
In a statement released on Thursday, UNICEF said that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering aid in Bama.
A UNICEf employee and an International Organization for Migration contractor were injured in the attack.
“The United Nations has temporarily suspended humanitarian assistance missions pending review of the security situation,” the children’s said agency.
UNICEF earlier in the month said that around 250,000 children in Borno state suffer from life-threatening malnaurishment, and around one in five face death if they are not reached with the necessary treatment.
