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| Nigeria apologises to Saudi Arabia over Ramadan dates | Nigeria apologises to Saudi Arabia over Ramadan dates |
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| Nigeria has apologised to Saudi Arabia after 200 tonnes of dates the kingdom sent as a Ramadan gift were found on sale in local markets. | Nigeria has apologised to Saudi Arabia after 200 tonnes of dates the kingdom sent as a Ramadan gift were found on sale in local markets. |
| Dates are traditionally the first things Muslims eat when they break the Ramadan fast each evening. | Dates are traditionally the first things Muslims eat when they break the Ramadan fast each evening. |
| The dates were intended for people who had fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. | The dates were intended for people who had fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. |
| Nigeria's foreign ministry said an investigation was underway. However, no arrests have yet been made. | Nigeria's foreign ministry said an investigation was underway. However, no arrests have yet been made. |
| The foreign ministry said that Nigeria's Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons had drawn up a list of places where the dates would be distributed, which included IDP camps and some prominent mosques. | The foreign ministry said that Nigeria's Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons had drawn up a list of places where the dates would be distributed, which included IDP camps and some prominent mosques. |
| The dates were found on sale in markets in Borno state, which has been hardest hit by the Boko Haram conflict. | The dates were found on sale in markets in Borno state, which has been hardest hit by the Boko Haram conflict. |
| After eight years of unrest, some 8.5 million people need life-saving aid in north-eastern Nigeria, aid officials say. |