ISIS says it kidnapped six aid workers in northeast Nigeria

The branch of ISIS in West Africa announced it was responsible for the kidnapping of six aid workers in northeast Nigeria, according to a tweet published by the SITE monitoring group.

Separately, the Nigerian presidency said the government was negotiating for the release of the kidnapped aid workers.

International aid agency Action Against Hunger said that a staff member and five others kidnapped in Nigeria last week had appeared in a video released on Wednesday evening and that they were “apparently in a good condition of health.”

Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which split from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in 2016, claimed responsibility for the kidnap in a tweet published by the SITE monitoring group.

Via VOA

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