In a cliffhanger of an election, early returns Monday night from half the states showed Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari almost even. The U.S. and Britain warned of “disturbing indications” that the tally could be subject to political interference. Counting stopped just before midnight Monday[…]
Voting in Nigeria’s elections continued in certain areas on Sunday after technical problems prevented some people from casting their ballots on Saturday and despite extremist violence in the northeast and protests in the south. Suspected Boko Haram extremists attacked polling stations and destroyed election material in two northeastern towns. Fleeing residents[…]
Nigeria has brought in hundreds of foreign mercenaries in recent weeks from South Africa and other countries in a bid to boost its fight against Boko Haram, according to security forces and diplomatic sources. The reported presence of foreign fighters, equipped with heavy weaponry, attack helicopters and armoured vehicles, adds[…]
A teenage female suicide bomber blew herself up at crowded bus station in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 16 and wounding 30 others. Most of the victims were children who had either been selling peanuts or begging for money at the time of the explosion, said witnesses. The[…]
The plane carrying 11 bodies of South Africans who died in the Nigeria church building collapse arrived in Pretoria on Friday morning. The huge, noisy military C130 aircraft touched down at the Waterkloof air force base at 1.18 am. Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Friday that government[…]
The U.N. Security Council is urging nations in west and central Africa to step up regional military operations to counter Boko Haram and is welcoming a meeting in Cameroon to finalize plans for a 7,500-strong force to fight the extremists. Cameroon and Chad joined Nigeria in launching an air and[…]
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and has threatened more violence. The acknowledgment from the leader of Nigeria’s extremists comes in a video posted on YouTube Tuesday, the same day International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said[…]
The General Council of the Bar of SA (GCB) has called on Nigeria and the African Union to take urgent steps against Boko Haram for its mounting crimes against humanity. “The GCB is concerned at the mounting evidence of serious crimes against humanity including mass murder, rape and persecution, committed[…]
Survivors have recalled how they escaped from Boko Haram fighters in the aftermath of last week’s devastating attacks on two Nigerian towns. The witnesses’ accounts came to light on Thursday after Amnesty International released satellite images showing what it says is “indisputable and shocking evidence” of the scale of the[…]
Large areas of Nigerian towns attacked by radicals were razed to the ground in a widespread campaign of destruction, according to satellite images released Thursday by Amnesty International. Amnesty International said the detailed images of Baga and Doron Baga, taken before and after the attack earlier this month, show that[…]
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