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Suicide bombs kill 11 at church in Nigeria

Two suicide bombs killed at least 11 people on Sunday at a church in a barracks in northern Nigeria, where the Islamist sect Boko Haram is waging a campaign of violence, the military said. Army...

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Suicide bombs kill 11 at military church in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two suicide bombs killed at least 11 people on Sunday at a church in a barracks in northern Nigeria, where the Islamist sect Boko Haram is waging a campaign of violence,...

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Two suicide car bombs kill 11 at military church in Nigeria

KADUNA: Two suicide bombs killed at least 11 people on Sunday at a church in a barracks in northern Nigeria, where the Islamist sect Boko Haram is waging a campaign of violence, the military said....

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Suicide blast rocks church at Nigeria army base

At least five people were killed and dozens of others wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a church at a military barracks in the northern Nigerian state of...

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Suicide bomber kills at least five at military church in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church inside the Jaji military barracks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state on Sunday, killing at least five people...

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Suicide bomber kills at least 5 at military church in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church inside the Jaji military barracks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state on Sunday, killing at least five people...

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UPDATE 1-Suicide bomber kills at least 5 at military church in Nigeria

* Kaduna state hit by suicide church attack last month * Islamists Boko Haram targeted churches, military before By Garba Mohammed and Isaac Abrak KADUNA, Nigeria, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber...

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Gunmen kill six at Nigerian Christmas service

Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria during a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze, residents and police said Tuesday. By...

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Nigerian gunmen kill six at Christmas service

Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria during a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze, residents and police said Tuesday. By...

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Nigeria car bombs kill at least 11 at church

Churches in Nigeria are regular targets for Muslim militants. (Reuters) Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and...

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Dozens killed in Nigeria ethnic clashes, police say

At least 30 people were killed after clashes erupted between rival ethnic groups in Nigeria’s Taraba state on Friday, police said. The state is part of the country’s volatile "Middle Belt" which often...

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Gunmen kill dozens at Nigeria school

Gunmen believed to be Islamists from insurgent group Boko Haram launched a deadly attack on a school in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 27 students and a teacher, a police source said Saturday....

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‘Islamic militants’ kill dozens at Nigeria mosque

Suspected Islamist extremists wearing army uniforms shot dead 44 people praying at a mosque and 12 other people in a nearby village in northeast Nigeria, officials said on Monday. By News Wires (text)...

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Boko Haram chief ‘may be dead’, Nigerian army says

The Nigerian army said on Monday that the leader of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram may have died after a clash with soldiers last month. Abubakar Shekau is blamed for a bloody campaign on...

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Gunmen kill dozens at Nigerian school

Gunmen believed to be Islamist militants from insurgent group Boko Haram launched a deadly attack on a boarding school in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, killing at least 27 students and a teacher....

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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill dozens in Nigeria

At least 38 people have been killed in weekend attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, local officials said on Saturday. By News Wires (text) At least 38...

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Nigeria closes schools in Yobe in wake of massacre

The Nigerian state of Yobe on Sunday ordered all secondary schools closed for the summer, one day after an attack on a boarding school by gunmen thought to be from an Islamist group left dozens of...

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Two French nationals among Nairobi mall dead

Paris has confirmed the death of two French nationals in Saturday's brazen assault on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. French President François Hollande described the attack, in which...

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In pictures: Islamists attack Nairobi mall

Al Shabaab Islamic militants armed with AK-47s launched a bloody attack on the Westgate mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Saturday. At least 59 people died in the assault, according to government...

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LIVE: Heavy gunfire at Nairobi shopping mall

Heavy gunfire has been heard from a Nairobi shopping mall where Kenyan troops are facing off against al Shabaab militants with hostages. Follow all the latest news from the siege in Kenya on FRANCE...

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Nigeria army kills 74 Islamists in ground, air assault

The Nigerian army said on Friday it had killed 74 suspected Boko Haram fighters in ground and air attacks on insurgent camps in restive Borno state, the latest operation in the military's bid to crush...

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Boko Haram suspected in mass murder of students

Suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram shot dead dozens of students, some of them while they slept, at a college in northeastern Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday morning. By News...

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Nigeria car bombs kill 7 at church

Twin car bombs hit a Protestant church in a major military establishment in north-central Nigeria, officials said Sunday, a month after a church bombing in the same state killed at least seven people...

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>Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack...

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Pair of suicide explosions at church inside Nigerian military base kill 11...

KADUNA, Nigeria — Twin suicide vehicle bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing...

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Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11

KADUNA, Nigeria — Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an embarrassing attack showing the...

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No negotiation for kidnapped family, France says

France will not negotiate with militants holding a French family hostage, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday. The militants claim to be from Boko Haram, although some analysts say the...

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>Nigeria: 11 dead in suicide bombs at army church

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 11 people were killed and about 30 injured when twin car bombs hit a Protestant church in a major military establishment in northcentral Nigeria, officials said Sunday,...

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Suicide bombers strike at Nigerian army church

Two suicide bombers have struck at a military barracks in Nigeria, detonating a car bomb outside a church within the compound. At least 11 people have been killed with dozens more wounded. The bombers...

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Analysis: Hurdles to Nigerian government-Boko Haram dialogue

President ready for talks “Scammers” scupper dialogue Boko Haram splintered Reaching out to moderates KANO, 28 November 2012 (IRIN) - Attempts by the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram militia...

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Somalia's al Shabaab militants claim Nairobi mall attack

A Nairobi mall attack that left at least 30 people dead on Saturday was launched in retaliation for Kenya's involvement fighting Islamists in neighbouring Somalia, the al Shabaab militant group...

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Nigeria: 11 dead in suicide bombs at army church

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 11 people were killed and about 30 injured when twin car bombs hit a Protestant church in a major military establishment in northcentral Nigeria, officials said Sunday,...

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Several killed in car bomb attack in Somali capital

Eight people were killed when a car bomb exploded in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, apparently targeting a convoy carrying a Qatari delegation, officials said. The Islamist rebel group Al...

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