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Nigeria’s Bloody Easter
Terror attacks on Christian holidays have become commonplace in Nigeria, but the violence this Easter illustrates how deadly and widespread the threat has become. A car bomb in the central city of Kaduna killed at least 36 people Sunday in an attack that appeared to target churchgoers. Hours later an explosion caused injuries in the city of Jos, 125...
Mali Coup: Making sense of it
The looming food crisis comes as tens of thousands, some say more than 100,000, refugees have reportedly been displaced because of fighting between Tuareg groups and pro-government militias.
At 4 AM on Thursday, March 22, Malians were informed through the national broadcasting station that a military coup, led by a mid-ranking army captain, Amadou Sanogo,...
Continuing attacks by radical Islamist sect see some flee north Nigeria, a faint echo of past
NNEWI, NIGERIA — A town-hall meeting called by Christians to discuss funeral arrangements turned into a bloodbath in northern Nigeria when members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire with assault rifles.
At least 20 members of the Igbo ethnic group died in that attack Jan. 6. More attacks have followed, targeting the largest Christian group living...
Jubilation in Senegal as Wade admits poll defeat
Thousands of people celebrated in the streets of Dakar early Monday after Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in his bid for a third term, scotching fears he would try to hang on to power.
With early results from Sunday’s second-round run-off giving his rival Macky Sall a commanding lead, Wade chose to phone Sall to congratulate...
Sall routs Wade to become Senegal’s new president
President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat to his former protege Macky Sall late Sunday, congratulating him several hours after polls closed when preliminary results showed the opposition candidate had trounced the 85-year-old incumbent.
Wade called Sall around 9:30 p.m. (2130 GMT) Sunday to congratulate him on his victory, state television reported....
Obama Nominates Nigeria Finance Minister’s Challenger
The race to succeed World Bank President Robert Zoellick heightened yesterday as United States President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American Physician, for the global financial institution’s topmost seat.
Obama’s nomination of Kim, a professor of Medicine and Social Medicine and President of Dartmouth...
In Pictures: Lagos’s Olusosun dump site
Olusosun dump site is situated in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. It has the deposit of the greatest chunk of household and industrial wastes generated in city.
Although there are similar sites in Epe, Ikorodu and Oke-Afa, the 42-hectare dump hill at Ojota in the heart of Lagos is the biggest repository of wastes in the most populous city...
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