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Africa news: Africa and West pledge more support in war against Boko Haram

YoopyaJun 13, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria will get more military and tactical support to help combat the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and find 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, African

Africa news: Boko Haram shows changing al Qaeda threat

YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – The kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls last month has sparked global outrage, launched an international manhunt and instantly turned an obscure

Nigeria: 2 bomb blasts in Nigeria kill at least 118

YoopyaMay 21, 2014September 7, 20230

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria’s central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at

Africa: Nigeria’s leader cancels trip to village of abducted 200 schoolgirls

YoopyaMay 16, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist rebel

Africa: Nigerian leader to visit village where young girls were being gripped

YoopyaMay 16, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday visit the northeastern village where more than 200 schoolgirls were seized a month ago by Islamist

Africa: Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped Nigerian girls for prisoners

YoopyaMay 12, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last

Africa: Nigeria offers $300,000 reward for information on kidnapped girls

YoopyaMay 7, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Nigerian police offered a 50 million naira ($300,000) reward on Wednesday to anyone who could give information leading to the rescue of more

Nigeria news: Nigeria’s Boko Haram threatens to sell kidnapped schoolgirls

YoopyaMay 6, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – The leader of Boko Haram on Monday threatened to sell more than 200 schoolgirls his Islamist militant group kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria last

Africa: Islamic militants claim this week’s Nigeria blast

YoopyaApr 21, 2014September 26, 20230

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists Saturday claimed responsibility for the massive rush-hour explosion earlier this week that ripped through a busy bus station in

Africa: 20 killed as Islamic extremists rampage in Nigeria

YoopyaApr 17, 2014September 30, 20230

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants have struck for a fourth time in three days in Nigeria, killing 20 people including a traditional ruler