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Sect member dies, prison break frees 40 in Nigeria
A top radical Islamist sect member blamed for a deadly Christmas Day church bombing in Nigeria has been killed by security forces, says the sect, ...
Bomb explodes near popular Nigeria club; none hurt
An emergency agency says a bomb went off near a popular nightclub in Nigeria's capital. National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib ...
Nigeria's 2nd-largest airline grounded again
Nigeria says it has grounded its second-largest air carrier over financial concerns. Aviation ministry spokesman Joe Obi told The Associated Press on ...
Sect claims multiple attacks on Nigerian city
At least 138 people have died since Sunday in sect-related violence in Nigeria, officials say, as the government fails to corral rising sectarian ...
More than 13,000 flee Ivory Coast fighting
More than 13,000 people have fled their homes in southwestern Ivory Coast following attacks in which unidentified armed men killed at least 22 people, ...
Pope calls for a halt to violence in Nigeria
The pope has appealed for those responsible for multiple attacks in northeastern Nigeria targeting Christians to "stop immediately." A radical ...
25 dead in Nigeria after multiple attacks by sect
A radical Islamist sect unleashed multiple attacks in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 25 people, authorities said Tuesday as fears swelled ...
Liberia's Taylor to appeal war crimes conviction
The Special Court for Sierra Leone said Tuesday former Liberian President Charles Taylor will appeal his war crimes conviction. Taylor was convicted ...
Armed men launch attacks in Nigerian city
Police say men armed with bombs and guns have launched attacks in a city in northeast Nigeria where a radical Islamist sect had killed scores of ...
Nigeria: Reprisal killings follow church attacks
Aid workers searched for bodies Monday among charred vehicles and destroyed market stalls after a trio of church bombings sparked reprisal killings ...
21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria
Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African ...
Police detain Nigeria lawmaker who led fuel probe
Police in Nigeria say they detained and questioned a federal lawmaker who led a probe into the country's mismanaged gasoline subsidy program that ...
Dozens hurt, arrested in 3 days of Togo protests
Togo's political opposition says dozens of people have been wounded and arrested in three days of protests in the West African nation. Zeus Atta ...
Clinton, Affleck seek to lower child death rates
What do Hollywood superstar Ben Affleck and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have in common? Both Clinton and Affleck think every child across the ...