KANO - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people on Tuesday in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria's troubled northeast. Buni Yadi in Yobe state and bore the hallmarks of a similar attack last September in … [Read more...] about 43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack
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Christmas bombings kill 40 in Nigeria
A series of Christmas Day bomb attacks targeting churches and a suicide blast in Nigeria killed at least 40 people amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists. People gather around the wreckage of a car following a … [Read more...] about Christmas bombings kill 40 in Nigeria
Ebola-hit Liberia fires absentee ministers
MONROVIA - Liberia's leader has sacked ministers and senior government officials who defied an order to return to the west African nation to lead the fight against the deadly Ebola outbreak, her office said. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had told overseas ministers to return … [Read more...] about Ebola-hit Liberia fires absentee ministers
Nation targets $1 billion in trade with Sri Lanka
HA NOI — Viet Nam and Sri Lanka have agreed to boost two-way trade to US$1 billion by 2015. The target was set during a meeting between Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Sri Lankan counterpart Professor Gamini Lakshman Peiris, in Ha Noi on July 17. Peiris … [Read more...] about Nation targets $1 billion in trade with Sri Lanka
Nigeria girls’ abduction: US deploys manned planes
The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The US is also sharing commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerian government, officials said. It comes … [Read more...] about Nigeria girls’ abduction: US deploys manned planes