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Soldiers stand guards outside St. Rita's Catholic church following a suicide bombing in Kaduna, Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
Nigeria   Peace   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
 The Guardian 
Boko Haram leader denies peace talks with Nigeria
Sun 3 Mar 2013
HARUNA UMAR Associated Press= MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The leader of the radical Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram has denied his group is taking part in any peace talks... (photo: AP)
In this image taken Thursday Feb. 28, 2013 residents salvage wood from demolished houses at Ijora Badia slum in Lagos, Nigeria.
Construction Activity   Lagos   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Lagos
 The New York Times 
Nigerian City’s Homeless Are Increasingly Paying the Price of Progress
Fri 1 Mar 2013
LAGOS, Nigeria — The young man with the crowbar stood on a heap of rubble — planks, pallets, remains of pots, bits of cardboard, wisps of clothing, chunks of concrete —... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation.  The New York Times  Tue 26 Feb 2013
Video Shows Group Holds Family Seized In Cameroon
LAGOS, Nigeria — A French family kidnapped last week on the Cameroon-Nigeria border appeared on a video posted Monday on YouTube, with one of the hostages and a gunman saying that the family is... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Boko Haram   Cameroon   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
Militants wearing black masks, military fatigues and carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria.  Canberra Times  Wed 20 Feb 2013
Pirates take six foreigners hostage in Nigeria
A tanker. Photo: Reuters LAGOS: Armed pirates who stormed an oil service ship off Nigeria have kidnapped six foreigners and demanded a $US1.3 million ($1.26 million) ransom for their release, the... (photo: AP / George Osodi,)
Kidnapping   Nigeria   Photos   Piracy   Wikipedia: Conflict in the Niger Delta
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French gendarmerie officers serving in EULEX are seen on the Jarinje check-point on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. The European Union's most ambitious police mission to date will take over the policing of Kosovo from the United Nations, after months of delay and protests on both sides of the ethnic divide. The force, known as EULEX, will have over 2,000 police and justice workers monitoring and advising Kosovo's authorities on tackling corruption and organized cr The Times of India Wed 20 Feb 2013
French special forces in Cameroon helping hostage probe
YAOUNDE: French special forces have arrived in northern Cameroon to help locate a French family who were kidnapped on Tuesday and moved to Nigeria, a local governor said... (photo: AP / Zvek)
Cameroon   France   Kidnapping   Photos   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
Chelsea's Victor Moses celebrates after scoring a goal against Shakhtar Donetsk during their Champions League group E soccer match at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Goal Tue 19 Feb 2013
Moses hails 'dream' season for Chelsea and Nigeria
The attacker has enjoyed a superb last 12 months, impressing since his move from Wigan to west London before winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles... (photo: AP / Tom Hevezi)
Chelsea   Nigeria   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Victor Moses
Aircraft flies over the skies News24 Tue 19 Feb 2013
Flying safer than ever
London - Air travel has never been safer, the latest figures show, with fewer accidents and fatalities in 2012 than for nearly 70 years, IOL reports. Although there... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Accidents   London   Photos   Travel   USA   Wikipedia: Aviation Safety Network
In this Saturday, April 14, 2012 photo, fighters from the Ansar Dine group, flying the group's black flag, instruct local residents in how to follow Shariah, as they stop in a market area of Timbuktu, Mali. West Africa's regional bloc is recommending the deployment of a regional force to Mali after Tuareg rebels declared an independent state, dubbed Azawad, following a military coup last month. The fighters are divided between a secular group and an Islamist faction that wants to impose Shariah law in Mali's moderate north. IRINnews Mon 18 Feb 2013
The regional threat posed by Mali’s militants
FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTREADER MODE DAKAR, 18 February 2013 (IRIN) - Militant Islamists fleeing northern Mali under pressure from French forces could undermine security in... (photo: AP)
Africa   Dakar   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mali
River Plate's coach Diego Simeone gestures during an Argentine soccer league match against San Martin de San Juan, in Buenos Aires, Sunday, March 2, 2008. Goal Sun 17 Feb 2013
La Liga Round 23 Results: Atletico bounce back from European defeat
Diego Simeone's men responded well from their loss against Rubin Kazan with a win over Valladolid, meanwhile there was important wins for Valencia, Malaga, and Espanyol... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko)
Atletico Madrid   Photos   Soccer   Sportstars   Wikipedia: Diego Simeone
Nigerian troops patrol at Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Aug 1, 2009. Banks and markets reopened in this northern Nigerian city after five days of fierce fighting between police and a radical Islamist sect. Business Day Sun 17 Feb 2013
Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners in north Nigeria, police say
BAUCHI — Gunmen kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed the compound of Lebanese construction company Setraco in northern Nigeria’s... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Gunmen   Kidnapping   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Conflict in the Niger Delta


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