(NIAMEY, Niger) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers …
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26 Killed in 2 Simultaneous Car Bombs in Niger
(NIAMEY, Niger) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.
A surviving attacker took …
Official: Nigeria Military Shells Camps, Kills 21
(MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) — Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.
The fighting was in the Sambisa Forest Reserve, just south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, …
Rwanda Building Collapse Kills 6, Injures 30
(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said Wednesday as the rescue effort ended.
Nigeria President Declares State of Emergency
(LAGOS, Nigeria) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation’s villages and towns, Nigeria’s president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country’s troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion.
President Goodluck Jonathan, speaking live on state …
Car Bomb Kills 10 in Eastern Libya
(TRIPOLI, Libya) — A car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing at least 10 people, officials said, in one of the biggest attacks since the end of the civil war that ousted former dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Attackers used a remote control to detonate the explosives-laden car, which was …
Jihadi Peril Makes Its Way to Tunisia
(TUNIS, Tunisia) — The hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia’s borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace of the Arab Spring has become the latest battleground for violent jihadis.
With neighboring Algeria and Libya full of weapons and violent movements of their own, …
Attack Kills At Least 20 Nigeria Police Officers
(LAGOS, Nigeria) — An ethnic militia killed at least 20 police officers who launched a raid to try and arrest them in central Nigeria, a police commissioner said Wednesday.
The attack in Alakio, a village in Nasarawa state, saw the officers ambushed Tuesday when they tried to stop the gang that was forcing locals to take a blood …
Mali’s Legendary Musicians Struggle to Be Heard in the Shadow of War
Music was once Mali’s best-known cultural export. Why are its musicians still not performing months after the defeat of the Islamists who had banned music?
Authorities: 42 Dead in Nigeria Extremist Attacks
(MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) — Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody attacks threatening peace in Africa‘s most populous nation.
The attack struck multiple locations in the hard-hit town …
Libya Passes Ban on Gaddafi-Era Officials
(TRIPOLI, Libya) — Libya’s parliament has passed a law that bans government officials who held senior positions under Muammar Gaddafi from holding high-level posts.
The bill, dubbed the “Political Isolation Law”, could effectively dismiss many of Libya’s current leaders for having served under Gaddafi decades ago, regardless of …
Expert: Rhino Population Wiped Out in Mozambique
(JOHANNESBURG) — Mozambique’s rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, the beasts again are on the brink of vanishing from the country by poachers seeking …
As Mali Wars With Islamists, a Mormon Runs for President
When Niankoro Yeah Samake lands in Mali on Friday, following a successful California fundraising campaign, to register as a candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential elections, he will be carrying a lot of baggage. There …
