Army shuts NGO office as militants kill aid worker in northeast Nigeria

Nigerian army closes Mercy Corps offices in northeast as Daesh-linked militants kill one of six charity workers abducted in July – aid groups

Soldiers stand beside trucks, ready to close offices of the humanitarian group Action Against Hunger in restive Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria. September 19, 2019.

"Mercy Corps is suspending operations in Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, following the closure of four of our field offices by the Nigerian military," the aid group said in a statement.An AFP reporter witnessed soldiers camped at the entrance to the Mercy Corps' office in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.Militants linked to a Daesh group killed one of six aid workers abducted two months ago, charity group Action Against Hunger said on Wednesday.

"Action Against Hunger condemns in the strongest terms this assassination and urgently calls for the release of the hostages." The six Nigerian aid workers ⁠— one woman and five men ⁠— were seized by militants during an ambush on their convoy close to the border with Niger on July 18.

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