{"id":664449,"date":"2019-07-25T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>An international charity says six of its aid workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria last week have appeared in a video.<\/p>\n<p>Action Against Hunger says the six \u2013 comprised of one staff member, plus drivers and health workers employed locally"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T17:49:13","slug":"video-emerges-of-kidnapped-aid-workers-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/25\/video-emerges-of-kidnapped-aid-workers-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An international charity says six of its aid workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria last week have appeared in a video.<\/p>\n<p>Action Against Hunger says the six \u2013 comprised of one staff member, plus drivers and health workers employed locally \u2013 are \u201capparently in a good condition of health\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It is urging captors to release them.<\/p>\n<p>The video, seen by the BBC, shows one of the aid workers wearing a blue hijab.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by five men believed to be her colleagues, the woman says her name is Grace, and calls on the Nigerian government and international community to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction but it is suspected to be the work of Islamist insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>There are two main groups active in north-eastern Nigeria where the abduction happened \u2013 Boko Haram and the rival Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, Action Against Hunger released a statement saying a convoy of its vehicles on the road to Damasak, in Borno State, had been attacked. It said one of the drivers was killed, and the rest of the team were missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are humanitarian workers who chose to devote their lives to helping the most vulnerable,\u201d the Paris-based charity says in its latest statement released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian military says it has cracked down on the Boko Haram insurgency, and the government claims the militants have been largely brought under control.<\/p>\n<p>But the BBC\u2019s Chris Ewokor in Abuja says militant groups are still active in Nigeria and continue to carry out attacks with devastating consequences in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international charity says six of its aid workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria last week have appeared in a video. Action Against Hunger says the six \u2013 comprised of one staff member, plus drivers and health workers employed locally \u2013 are \u201capparently in a good condition of health\u201d. 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