There has been a bomb attack this morning at the United Nations building in the Nigerian capital of Abuja. Witnesses tell the Associated Press that one wing of the buildings has been flattened. No word yet on casualties. Islamic militants have carried out recent attacks on the city. The BBC’s Bashir Sa’ad Abdullahi is at the scene and tells us more.
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