>Nigeria car bomb death toll up to 19 dead
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a car bomb that exploded on a busy road in Nigeria's capital rose to at least 19 overnight with 66 people wounded, police said Friday from the city, which...
View ArticleGLOBAL TERROR ATTACKS SPIKED 35 PERCENT IN 2014
WASHINGTON Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks largely at the...
View ArticleStudy: Terrorism deaths jump 60%
LONDON — As Western governments grapple with heightened apprehension about the spread of Islamic militancy, an independent study offers little solace, saying the number of fatalities related to...
View ArticleMercy Corps: Conflict Between Nigerian Rural Communities Takes Enormous...
PORTLAND, Ore., July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The growth of Africa's largest economy is being stymied by decades-long disputes between farmers and pastoralists in Nigeria's ethnically and...
View ArticleNigerian blast death toll climbs to 19
The death toll from a car bomb that exploded on a busy road in Nigeria's capital rose to at least 19 overnight with 66 people wounded, police said Friday (local time) from the city, which hosts an...
View ArticleVitter: Did State Dept. Mislead on Boko Haram Terrorist Threat Under Clinton...
(Source: David Vitter) Tuesday, June 10, 2014 (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry...
View ArticleNigeria: Trial for 500 Islamic extremist suspects
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military is recommending immediate trial for 500 suspected extremist militants and the president is promising an economic boost for the northeast region confronting an...
View ArticlePoor governance, security issues slow Nigeria's advance
As Nigeria celebrated 54 years of independence from Britain this week, the country’s faltering security situation is increasingly being seen as a threat to social improvements. Nigeria, Africa’s most...
View ArticleSecurity Council Press Statement on Boko Haram Attacks against Civilians in...
(Source: ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council) The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the recent terrorist attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram in north-east...
View ArticleNigeria bombings: 'Death toll passes 100'
The bodies of at least 118 people have now been recovered from the sites of twin bombings in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the nation's emergency management agency says. The first blast was in a...
View ArticleSecurity Council Press Statement on Boko Haram Attacks against Chadian Troops...
(Source: ECOSOC - United Nations Economic and Social Council) The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China): The members of the Security Council...
View ArticleActs of terrorism rose by more than a third last year
Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks largely at the hands of the...
View ArticleNigeria: Kano mosque blasts death toll above 102
More than 102 people were killed in the bomb explosions at the central mosque in Kano, said a hospital worker. The multiple explosions that hit the mosque on Friday injured more than 150, who are in...
View ArticleBoko Haram has grown stronger, more lethal and even less compromising
In a year packed with terrorist attacks, the world's deadliest militant group has carried out massacres the size of the San Bernardino killings once or twice a week. And over time, it has undertaken...
View ArticleTerrorism most immediate problem for new Nigerian Government, President tells UN
Print 28 September 2015 The new Nigerian Government has many issues to contend with but none as important as defeating the terrorist threat posed by Boko Haram and bringing back the Chibok girls...
View ArticleBoko Haram insurgency takes rising economic toll on Nigeria's neighbors
Waza National Park used to brim with tourists this time of year, with the dry season driving elephants, giraffes, gazelles, and hyenas to the few remaining watering holes to drink water and shade...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION IN LIGHT OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AND...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Where global solutions are shaped for you | News & Media | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION IN LIGHT OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AND HUMAN RIGHTS...
View ArticleGlobal terror attack deaths rose sharply in 2013, says report
The number of deaths from terrorism increased by 61% between 2012 and 2013, a study into international terrorism says. There were nearly 10,000 terrorist attacks in 2013, a 44% increase from the...
View ArticleAnnual death toll in conflicts rises sharply – research group
A swell in violence across the Middle East and parts of Africa caused the death toll in war-torn countries to increase by more than 29 percent last year, according to a report released Wednesday. The...
View ArticleThe Menace of Boko Haram and Fundamentalism in Nigeria
‘I will sell your girls in the market.’ – Abubakar Shekau From time to time in the life of a society, one episode or a series of episodes shock the social system and brings to the fore long festering...
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