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How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims
A US team of military advisers is on the ground in Nigeria to help in the search for more than 200 schools girls abducted more than three weeks ago. Fatima Zanna Gana — one of the leaders of Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign — says some Nigerians are worried about just what the international presence will mean.
Radical Islamic Group Launches Deadly Attacks in Nigeria
It was a deadly weekend in Nigeria. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram staged a series of attacks that the Nigerian Red Cross says has left more than 100 dead in the northeastern part of the country. The terrorist attacks included shootings and suicide bombings, showing the increasing sophistication of a group which, by some […]
Top of the Hour: Bomb Attack in Nigeria, Morning Headlines
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 […]
