Topic: West Africa
Several people were injured by two bomb explosions in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Saturday, a state government official said."Two bombs have just exploded in Jos," Pam Ayuba, spokesman for the governor of Plateau state, told AFP by telephone."We are yet ...
An explosive device went off in a red-light district in a northern Nigerian city but caused no casualties, residents and journalists said Monday.The device, believed to be home-made, went off Sunday in the Obalande district of Kaduna, notorious for its brothels, taverns ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - An explosion in Suleja, a satellite town on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja, seriously injured at least four people on Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agency said."NEMA officials have confirmed an explosion at Suleja ... four seriously injured ...
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Christians and Muslims have clashed in eastern Nigeria, leaving eight people dead and 40 seriously wounded, with six mosques and one church also torched, police said on Wednesday.In the latest sectarian violence to rock the country, fighting broke out Tuesday between Muslim ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Uruguay's captain and inspirational defender Diego Lugano may not be able to shake off a knee injury in time for the South Americans' World Cup semi-final against Netherlands, he said on Sunday."It's complicated because the time between one match ...
Gunmen have attacked a cargo vessel and kidnapped 12 foreign crew members in the waters off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region, a navy officer said on Saturday."The attack took place some time last evening and only one ship was ...
Gunmen have attacked a cargo vessel and kidnapped 12 foreign crew members in the waters off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region, a navy officer said on Saturday."The attack took place some time last evening and only one ship was ...
Three sailors were injured when armed militants attacked a Turkish-flagged tanker anchored off the coast of Nigeria, the Anatolia news agency reported Friday, citing Turkish officials.In the incident late Thursday, a group of eight to 10 attackers boarded the Ozay-5 and seized ...
Clashes between Muslims and Christians in northern Liberia have left at least four people dead and 23 seriously wounded, a local government official said Saturday.United Nations peacekeepers had been dispatched to a northern Liberia village on Friday to probe the outbreak of ...
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