{"id":6627,"date":"2026-05-13T12:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/un-urges-independent-probes-into-deadly-nigeria-chad-air-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:35:48","slug":"un-urges-independent-probes-into-deadly-nigeria-chad-air-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/un-urges-independent-probes-into-deadly-nigeria-chad-air-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"UN urges independent probes into deadly Nigeria, Chad air attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>UN rights chief \u2018shocked\u2019 by reports that Nigerian and Chadian forces killed more than 100 civilians and seeks investigations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United Nations human rights chief has demanded independent investigations into reports that separate air attacks by the Nigerian and Chadian forces in northern Nigeria killed more than 100 civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked by reports that Nigerian army airstrikes on a market in Zamfara state killed at least 100 civilians on 10 May and injured many more,\u201d UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/28\/gunmen-kill-at-least-29-in-nigerias-northeast-adamawa-state\">Gunmen kill at least 29 in Nigeria\u2019s northeast Adamawa State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/5\/boko-haram-attack-kills-23-soldiers-in-chads-lake-chad-region\">Boko Haram attack kills 23 soldiers in Chad\u2019s Lake Chad region<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/7\/chad-declares-national-mourning-after-deadly-boko-haram-ambush\">Chad declares national mourning after deadly Boko Haram ambush<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>He said he was also \u201calarmed and saddened\u201d by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/5\/boko-haram-attack-kills-23-soldiers-in-chads-lake-chad-region\">reports<\/a> of high civilian casualties in attacks since Friday by Chadian jets against Boko Haram camps on remote islands in the vast marshland shared by Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s military \u200chas been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/4\/20\/what-is-really-happening-in-northern-nigeria\">battling \u201cbandits\u201d in the northwest<\/a>, often describing them as \u201cterrorists\u201d. It has also been battling \u200can \u200carmed rebellion in the northeast for 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian military and the \u201cbandit\u201d gangs killed at least 100 civilians on Sunday in one of the bloodiest days in the state\u2019s conflict against armed groups, according to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p>Citing witnesses, Amnesty said many of those killed were women and children, and urged authorities to immediately investigate the attack on a crowded market in Tumfa village.<\/p>\n<p>The bombardment has reportedly killed dozens of Nigerian fishermen working on islands under Boko Haram control, where civilians are forced to pay taxes to the armed group. Footage verified by the AFP news agency showed several fishermen with severe burns being treated at a hospital in Bosso, Niger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is crucial that both Nigerian and Chadian authorities conduct prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations into these disturbing incidents,\u201d Turk said, adding that both militaries must \u201ctake all feasible precautions to avoid harm to civilians\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir military operations, including against Boko Haram and the so-called \u2018Islamic State West Africa Province\u2019 must be conducted in full compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law,\u201d he said, referring to the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP). \u201cCivilians and civilian objects must never be the target of attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Nigerian military said on Wednesday \u2060that there \u2060has been no evidence of civilian casualties in attacks in the \u2060northwest Zamfara state this month, calling reports of large death tolls unverified and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo credible, substantiated evidence of civilian casualties has been established through any official assessment or independent \u2060verification,\u201d defence headquarters spokesman Major-General \u2060Michael Onoja said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Onoja claimed that the strike was conducted under international humanitarian law and targeted a \u201cconfirmed high-level gathering\u201d based on intelligence sources in a village where \u201cseveral terrorists were neutralised\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN rights chief \u2018shocked\u2019 by reports that Nigerian and Chadian forces killed more than 100 civilians and seeks investigations. 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