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Suicide bomb attack kills 28, wounds dozens in Cameroon
DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Suicide bombers targeting a town in northern Cameroon killed 28 people and wounded 65 on Monday, one of the worst attacks yet in the Central African nation as it struggles...
View ArticleAt least 12 killed in suicide blasts in north Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed on Wednesday when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok where Boko Haram...
View ArticleDouble bomb attack hits school in north Cameroon: local official
DOUALA (Reuters) – A suspected double suicide bomb attack hit a school in north Cameroon on Thursday, a local official said, the latest attack in the central African country which is struggling to...
View ArticleTwo suicide bombers dead after targeting school in north Cameroon
DOUALA (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers died on Thursday when they targeted a school in northern Cameroon, local officials said, the latest attack in the central African country which is struggling to...
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Suicide bombers kill four in north Cameroon school
DOUALA (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers killed four people at a school in northern Cameroon on Thursday, local officials said, the latest attack in a central African country struggling to contain...
View ArticleUp to ten killed by suicide attack in northern Nigeria
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Up to ten people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a busy market in a town in northern Nigeria where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging an...
View ArticleSuspected militants hit crude pipeline in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A crude oil pipeline in Nigeria's southern state of Bayelsa operated by the local subsidiary of Italy's Eni was attacked on Thursday night, a state lawmaker told reporters...
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At least 65 people killed in attack in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 65 people were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said...
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At least 65 people killed in attack in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 65 people were killed during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said after...
View ArticleSeawater pipeline attack heralds fresh trouble in Nigeria’s Delta
LAGOS (Reuters) – A sophisticated attack on a sub-sea pipeline in Nigeria's Delta might herald a return to the kind of widespread militant violence that crippled the oil industry in Africa's top...
View ArticleFloating school in Lagos lagoon brings hope to Nigerian slum-on-stilts
LAGOS (Reuters) – Makoko, a vast slum of houses on stilts in a Lagos lagoon, now boasts a new school – pyramid-shaped, floating and capable of withstanding the waterways' extreme weather, it is a...
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Suspected gas blast rocks central bank office in southern Nigeria’s Calabar
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – An explosion thought to have been caused by a gas cylinder has rocked a Central Bank of Nigeria building in the southern city of Calabar, police said on Friday. Read more
View ArticleCameroon soldiers kill 20 Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroonian soldiers killed 20 Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday during a raid in northern Nigeria carried out by a multinational force tasked with stamping out the Islamist...
View ArticleNiger security forces attacked near border: defense ministry
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Three gendarmes were killed in one of two attacks against security and defense forces near Niger's borders with Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali, the ministry of defense said in a...
View ArticleNigeria targets 300 army officers, firms, in widening corruption probe
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has accused 300 firms and individuals, including army officers, of embezzling 48 billion naira ($241.45 million) through overpaid defense contracts or fraud, the presidency...
View ArticleSuicide bomber detained in Cameroon says she’s one of Chibok girls
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – A suspected suicide bomber intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up claimed to be one of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the Nigerian...
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U.S., Nigeria set up working groups on security, economy, corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Nigeria on Wednesday agreed to establish working groups focused on strengthening security cooperation, the economy and tackling corruption after day-long...
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Weakened Boko Haram sends girl bombers against Cameroon civilians
KERAWA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Adama Simila wears a knife tied to his belt by a piece of rope, his only protection against Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist insurgents who have repeatedly targeted his...
View ArticleNigeria’s Buhari asks U.S. for help in returning stolen assets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the United States for help in returning stolen Nigerian assets stashed in U.S. banks as part of his efforts to crack down on...
View ArticleNigeria’s army says arrests leader of Islamist militant group Ansaru
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria's army said on Monday it had arrested the leader of Islamist militant group Ansaru, a splinter faction of Boko Haram that has been accused of kidnapping and killing...
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