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Nigeria

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  Papal resignation sparks global disbelief, grief

  From the parishes of Poland to the churches of Chile, Roman Catholics around the world were stunned Monday at the first papal resignation in six ... 

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  Catholics surprised at pope's decision to retire

  Shock, sadness and declarations of faith met Pope Benedict XVI's announcement Monday that he would retire Feb. 28. It also sparked reflection about ... 

• Attackers kill 3 North Korean doctors in Nigeria

  Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a ... 

• Africa pirates kidnap 3 sailors in Gulf of Guinea

  Pirates off the coast of Nigeria and Cameroon attacked a ship and kidnapped three sailors, including two Russians, in the latest assault on shippers ... 

• French tanker, crew hijacked off Ivory Coast freed

  A French tanker seized by pirates off Ivory Coast and its crew of 17 sailors have been released, its owner said Wednesday, though two workers suffered ... 

• 2 soldiers killed in Nigeria oil delta attack

  A military spokesman says two soldiers were killed in a shootout in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta involving a vessel operated by an Indian company 

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  French tanker hijacked off Ivory Coast; 17 held

  Pirates hijacked a French-owned fuel tanker off Ivory Coast, abducting 17 sailors in the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to steal ... 

• Correction: Nigeria-Plane Graveyard story

  In a story Feb. 2 about Nigeria dismantling abandoned airplanes at airports around the country, The Associated Press reported erroneously what ... 

• 18 killed in northeast Nigeria military raid

  Nigerian soldiers attacked training camps for suspected members of the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram deep in a game reserve in the nation's restive ... 

• 5 killed in separate attacks in north Nigeria

  Authorities say at least five police officers have been killed in separate attacks in northern Nigeria. Gunmen raided Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna state ... 

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  Dutch court rejects most of Shell spill case

  A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for a pipeline leak poisoning ... 

• Peace offer made amid northeast Nigeria violence

  A self-proclaimed commander of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram said Monday that a cease-fire by the group would be imminent in northern Nigeria, ... 

• 5 Indian sailors held hostage in Nigeria are freed

  Five Indian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta and held captive for more than a month have been released by their abductors, a ... 

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  Nigerian who fought in Burma in WWII remembered

  At 16, Isaac Fadoyebo ran away from his home in southwest Nigeria and signed up to fight for Britain in World War II, a decision made from youthful ... 

• 3 beheaded, 5 others killed in northeast Nigeria

  Officials say suspected fighters from a radical Islamist sect beheaded three people in a northeastern Nigerian city where gunfire has echoed through ... 

• New pipeline attack shows Nigeria unrest spreads

  Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky and fire danced across the fuel-slicked waters surrounding the Nigerian pipeline, another attacked and ... 

• 18 killed in northeast Nigeria market attack

  A deputy governor in Nigeria says 18 people were killed in an attack on a local market there. Borno state deputy Gov. Zanna Mustapha said Tuesday he ... 

• Officials: Pirates seize oil tanker in Ivory Coast

  Armed men have hijacked a tanker carrying 5,000 tons of jet fuel from an Ivory Coast port and taken it off the coast of Ghana, though its precise ... 

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  S. Africa: Nigerian suspect in 2010 bombing guilty

  A South African court on Monday said a Nigerian terror suspect was guilty of masterminding twin car bombings during a celebration in Nigeria. 

• Attack in Nigeria's northwest kills at least 3

  A witness and official say that gunmen attacked the convoy of a religious leader in Nigeria's northwest, killing at least three people. The witness ... 

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  Africa forces' role in Mali faces diverse snags

  West African nations that promised to send troops to fight al-Qaida in Mali are finding it's a lot trickier than they'd hoped to actually get boots ... 

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  First batch of Nigerian troops off to Mali

  A top Nigerian military officer says that Mali's Islamist extremist rebels trained Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorists. Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubike ... 

• AP Interview: UN chief says Mali getting more help

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that France, Senegal and Nigeria have responded to an appeal from Mali's president for help to counter an ... 

• Italy: 4 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria freed

  Italy's foreign minister says three Italian shipmen and one Ukrainian kidnapped Dec. 23 off Nigeria's coast have been freed. Minister Giulio Terzi ...