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UK's Efforts to Support Northern Crisis-Torn Nigerian Regions Insufficient

© AFP 2023 / TUNJI OMIRINMaiduguri residents gather on September 16, 2014 around an armored personnel carrier (APC) recovered by the army from Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga
Maiduguri residents gather on September 16, 2014 around an armored personnel carrier (APC) recovered by the army from Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga - Sputnik International
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The UK humanitarian support of Nigeria is low in comparison with assistance provided to other states and allocated particularly to refugees, according to the report of the Department for International Development (DFID).

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United Kingdom's assistance provided to Nigeria's northern regions affected by crisis situation caused by activities of the Boko Haram militant group are insufficient, UK media reported Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the Department for International Development (DFID) published a program on its activities in the African nation. The report describes inequalities within the country, particularly between its northern and southern regions.

The DFID's activities also were not able to tackle unemployment rates in northern regions, that could also result in recruitment of unemployed people by Boko Haram, The Guardian reported.

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The UK humanitarian support of Nigeria is low in comparison with assistance provided to other states and allocated particularly to refugees, the newspaper added.

According to the newspaper, the DFID is also failing to tackle corruption in Nigeria's security sector that results in growth of desertion and even in arms sale to terrorists.

Boko Haram has been active in northeastern Nigeria since 2009. Last year, the group expanded attacks into Niger, Cameroon and Chad. In March 2015, it pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group, outlawed in Russia and many other countries.

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