Five electricity workers injured in IED planted by Boko Haram in Borno
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By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
Five Workers struggling to repair the vandalized T159 kilovolt tower along Maiduguri-Damaturu road have sustained various degrees of injuries when their operational vehicle stormed a planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by insurgents on Saturday.
Recalled that insurgents had damaged T159 Kilovolt tower along Maiduguri/ Damaturu road, six weeks ago.
This plunged Maiduguri, the state capital into total darkness with prices of iceblocks remains costly as, residents, welders and many others who relied on electricity for means of livelihoods complained bitterly.
Sources said as the electricity workers made to carry out repairs around 11:30 am on Saturday, the mines their vehicle stepped upon exploded.
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U.S. Army Gives 640 Military Vehicles to Afghanistan
25 Feb 2021
The Afghanistan Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced the U.S. Army presented it with “combat equipment,” including 640 military vehicles, in a Wednesday ceremony.
The vehicles included 403 armored Humvees, 42 Ford Ranger trucks, 23 ambulances, and 170 motorcycles.
Acting Minister of Defense Shah Mahmood Miakhel thanked the United States for its assistance and said the vehicles would dramatically improve the capabilities of his Afghan National Army (ANA) forces. He said the United States has thus far provided 19,000 pieces of military equipment to the government of Afghanistan.
“Increasing the capacity and capabilities of the ANA is a top priority. The whole ANA will be equipped with more modern equipment and tools,” he said.