Egypt’s FM sends condolences to Nigeria over flood victims

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Wed, 19 Sep 2018 - 12:46 GMT

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Wed, 19 Sep 2018 - 12:46 GMT

A house partially submerged in flood waters is pictured in Lokoja city, Kogi State, Nigeria September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

A house partially submerged in flood waters is pictured in Lokoja city, Kogi State, Nigeria September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

CAIRO – 19 September 2018: Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its sincere condolences to the government and people of Nigeria for the death of 100 victims in the floods that swept through the country.

In a statement issued on Sept. 18, the ministry affirmed the Egyptian government's full support to the ‘friendly’ country facing this crisis. The statement added that Egypt is completely confident that Nigeria is capable of overcoming this ordeal soon.

Ten Nigerian states have been reportedly swept by floods until now, causing tens of injuries and casualties.

Earlier in August, at least 19 people were reported killed, according to Reuters, in an Islamist militant attack on a village in northeast Nigeria. The militants attacked the village of Mailari in the Guzamala region of Borno state at around 2 a.m., according to the survivor, Abatcha Umar. He said he had not been able to tell whether the attackers belonged to the Nigerian Islamist insurgents of Boko Haram or to the Islamic State in West Africa.

Umar said he had counted 19 people killed. An aid worker at a camp that received the survivors, who declined to be identified, put the death toll at 63.

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