About 780 people killed in clashes with Islamic militants in the northeast Nigerian area of Maiduguri have been buried in mass graves, an aid official said Monday. The Red Cross urged an environmental agency to bury them as soon as possible because of the dangers of so many bodies being exposed to northern Nigeria’s heat, said Mohammed Zannah Barma, secretary of the Red Cross in Borno state.
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Afghanistan: Friendly fire incident kills two
Two Afghan police officers were killed in a friendly fire incident in the northeast part of the country, the U.S.-led coalition said Sunday.