Topic: West Africa
Nigerian authorities said Wednesday that an Al-Qaeda linked suspect who recently returned from Somalia masterminded last week's attack on UN headquarters here, one of the bloodiest targeting the world body.The statement by Nigeria's secret police over Friday's suicide bomb attack that killed ...
Nigeria's top Muslim spiritual leader has condemned last week's bomb attack on UN headquarters in the country that killed at least 23 people, calling it "detestable to Islam."The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, in a message to Nigerian Muslims marking the ...
The death toll from last week's suicide bomb attack on the UN's headquarters in Nigeria has risen to 23, including 11 United Nations staff, the world body said in a statement on Tuesday."The death toll stands at 23: eleven UN staff -- ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters)- An Islamist sect claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria that killed 23 people, demanding the release of prisoners and an end to a security crackdown to prevent further bombings.Boko Haram, which has been ...
Investigators probed a Nigerian Islamist sect on Monday over the suicide bombing of UN headquarters here that killed at least 21 people in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting the world body globally.Fresh violence hit Sunday when gunmen stormed the home of ...
The UN's deputy chief met Nigeria's president Sunday after vowing a renewed fight against terrorism in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at the world body's headquarters here that killed at least 21.Deputy UN Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro laid wreaths at ...
The UN's deputy chief met Nigeria's president Sunday after vowing a renewed fight against terrorism in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at the world body's headquarters here that killed at least 23.Deputy UN Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro laid wreaths at the ...
Investigators on Saturday probed a suicide attack at UN headquarters in Nigeria after the bomber managed to penetrate tight security and ram his car into the building, killing at least 19 people.The UN's deputy secretary-general was due in Nigeria late Saturday night ...
A suicide bomb blast rocked the UN compound in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday, killing at least 18 people, blowing out much of the building and marking a sharp escalation in a wave of attacks.The huge bomb went off after a ...
Suspected Islamist gunmen Friday broke into a home in northern Nigeria and shot dead four people, including three policemen, who were watching a football match, the police said."The gunmen broke into the home of one of the policemen who was watching a ...
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