FILE PHOTO: People sit near a burnt house after an attack by suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency in Bulabulin village, Nigeria November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kolawole Adewale
LAGOS (Reuters) - International aid agency Mercy Corps on Wednesday suspended its operations in two of the northeastern Nigerian states worst hit by Islamist insurgents after the army closed four of its offices in the region, the organisation said.
In a separate development in the northeast, another international aid agency - Action Against Hunger - said a hostage had been executed by a group that was holding one of its employees, two drivers and three health ministry workers.
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