Nigeria
Nigeria: 2 suspects arrested in UN HQ bombing
World
August 31, 2011
Nigeria: 2 suspects arrested in UN HQ bombing
LAGOS - Nigeria's secret police said Wednesday it arrested two suspected members of a radical Muslim sect that organized a…
Nigeria: UN blast death toll rises to 23
World
August 28, 2011
Nigeria: UN blast death toll rises to 23
ABUJA - The death toll from a suicide car-bomb attack at the UN's Nigeria headquarters has risen to 23, a…
At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria UN HQ
World
August 26, 2011
At least 18 die in car bomb attack on Nigeria UN HQ
ABUJA - A car bomb ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday, killing…
Radical Muslim sect kills 12 in northeast Nigeria
World
August 25, 2011
Radical Muslim sect kills 12 in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A radical Muslim sect blamed for attacks across northeast Nigeria bombed a police station and robbed two…
UN: Nigeria’s Ogoniland needs biggest ever oil clean-up
World
August 4, 2011
UN: Nigeria’s Ogoniland needs biggest ever oil clean-up
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's Ogoniland in the oil-rich Niger Delta has suffered 50 years of pollution and could need the…
Egypt deports 14 over residency violations
Egypt
August 4, 2011
Egypt deports 14 over residency violations
Egyptian authorities on Thursday deported 13 Eritreans back to their home capital, Asmara, in addition to one Nigerian who…
Video shows hostages ‘held by Al-Qaeda’ in Nigeria
World
August 4, 2011
Video shows hostages ‘held by Al-Qaeda’ in Nigeria
ABIDJAN, Nigeria - A British man and an Italian kidnapped in May in northern Nigeria have appeared for the first…
Nigerian ‘Islamists’ taunt military, threaten attacks
World
July 13, 2011
Nigerian ‘Islamists’ taunt military, threaten attacks
KANO, Nigeria - Nigerian Islamists blamed for scores of bomb blasts and shootings have purportedly threatened further attacks on military…
20 killed in blast, shootings in northern Nigeria
World
July 4, 2011
20 killed in blast, shootings in northern Nigeria
Kano, Nigeria - A bomb blast at a police beer garden killed at least 10 people in the troubled northeastern…
US, EU condemn violence in northeastern Nigeria
World
June 28, 2011
US, EU condemn violence in northeastern Nigeria
Maiduguri, Nigeria - The United States and European Union on Tuesday condemned a spate of bombings and assassinations in northeastern…