Northeast Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350,000 - UN

FILE PHOTO: Women mourn the death of one of the aid workers who were executed by Islamist militants, in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, Nigeria July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kolawole Adewale

ABUJA (Reuters) - Northeast Nigeria's conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday.

The toll, given by the U.N. agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods, is 10 times higher than previous estimates of about 35,000 based only on those killed in fighting in Nigeria since the conflict's start 12 years ago.