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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 ...
Nigeria lawmaker charged over alleged bribery
A Nigerian lawmaker who led a probe into the nation's fuel subsidy program that saw billions of dollars lost through fraud has been charged with ...
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 ...
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 ...
France takes key Mali cities; now the hard part
French-led forces have wrested control of three key cities in northern Mali from al-Qaida-linked militants, but the fighters have escaped with their ...
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 ...
Nigerian who stole $145M pays fine to avoid prison
A man who formerly helped oversee Nigeria's police pension program pleaded guilty Monday to stealing $145 million, but walked out of court a free man ...
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 ...
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 ...
Owner: Hijackers release ship taken in Ivory Coast
Armed hijackers who seized control of a fuel-laden tanker in Ivory Coast released the vessel on Tuesday after making off with about $5 million in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Massive fire rips through slum in Nigeria megacity
A massive fire tore through a waterfront slum in Nigeria's megacity of Lagos on Tuesday, burning down dozens of shack workshops and homes.
7 killed, 7 wounded in northwest Nigeria attacks
A government official says suspected armed robbers terrorizing northwest Nigeria raided three villages there, killing at least seven people and ...
Nigeria police: Hyundai paid $187K to free workers
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. paid about $187,000 to free four abducted South Korean workers and their local colleague, a lucrative ransom showing the ...
Nigeria airline in June crash resumes flights
The Nigerian airline involved in a June crash that killed at least 163 people resumed domestic flights Thursday, even though officials acknowledge ...