Nigeria Grapples with Deadly Violence and Preventable Deaths
Nigeria faced a series of crises this week, ranging from deadly attacks in the west to a public health scare in the capital. Gunmen killed more than 160 people in attacks on two villages in western Nigeria, marking the country's deadliest armed assaults this year, according to The Guardian. Separately, the death of a Nigerian singer from a snakebite highlighted the issue of preventable fatalities due to antivenom shortages.
The attacks occurred in the villages of Woro and Nuku, located in Kwara state. According to a local politician, the armed men rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs, and shot them. The Guardian reported that these attacks are the latest in a series of widespread acts of violence perpetrated by jihadists and other armed groups in the region. The Nigerian military had launched an offensive against terrorist elements in Kwara state last month, The Guardian noted.
In a separate incident, Ifunanya Nwangene, a 26-year-old singer who had appeared on The Voice Nigeria, died after being bitten by a snake in her flat in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, The Guardian reported. Nwangene sent a last message to her friends saying, "Please come," while in the hospital awaiting treatment. Her death raised questions about the availability of effective antivenoms in the country.
These events occurred amidst ongoing political tensions in neighboring Uganda, where opposition leader Bobi Wine remained in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election, The Guardian reported. Wine fled what he described as a night raid on his home by police and military.
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