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Nigeria: Weapons Looted in Libya Conflict Now With Extremists in Nigeria - UN
Nigeria: Weapons Looted in Libya Conflict Now With Extremists in Nigeria - UN
[Leadership] The United Nations has warned that weapons looted during the 2011 conflict in Libya have resurfaced in the hands of extremist groups operating in Nigeria and across the wider Sahel region, fueling ongoing insecurity in West Africa.
Fifteen years after NATO’s 2011 Libya intervention, its “humanitarian” mission has become a regional nightmare. Weapons looted from Gaddafi’s arsenals flooded the Sahel & Nigeria, arming Boko Haram & ...
Fifteen years after NATO’s 2011 Libya intervention, its “humanitarian” mission has become a regional nightmare. Weapons looted from Gaddafi’s arsenals flooded the Sahel & Nigeria, arming Boko Haram & ISWAP. UN now confirms what experts warned: Libya’s ghost guns fuel African terrorism.
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allafrica
“The United Nations has warned that weapons looted during the 2011 conflict in Libya have resurfaced in the hands of extremist groups operating in Nigeria and across the wider Sahel region, fueling ongoing insecurity in West Africa.”
→ Weapons looted during the 2011 conflict in Libya have resurfaced in the hands of extremist groups operating in Nigeria and across the wider Sahel region.
bluesky
“Fifteen years after NATO’s 2011 Libya intervention, its “humanitarian” mission has become a regional nightmare. Weapons looted from Gaddafi’s arsenals flooded the Sahel & Nigeria, arming Boko Haram & ISWAP. UN now confirms what experts warned: Libya’s ghost guns fuel African terrorism.”
→ Weapons looted from Gaddafi’s arsenals flooded the Sahel & Nigeria, arming Boko Haram & ISWAP.