Topic: West Africa
Pope Benedict XVI heads for Africa this week, where he is likely to face questions over the Catholic Church's stance on condoms on the continent hardest hit by HIV and AIDS.His arrival in the West African nation of Benin Friday will mark ...
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Dozens were killed in a spate of coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, leaving the city almost deserted and bodies piling up in local morgues, witnesses said on Saturday.Suspected Boko ...
Security forces sent to quell deadly unrest in a violence-hit central Nigerian state have roped in local vigilante groups to help end cycles of violence, security officials said on Thursday.President Goodluck Jonathan last week ordered the country's defence chief, Chief Marshal Oluseyi ...
Hundreds of poor Sierra Leonean Muslims have had to abandon their pilgrimage to Mecca this year as political turmoil in countries like Libya left them without sponsors, a cleric said Friday.Sheikh Minkalu Adams of the Allied Muslim League (AML) said nations like ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's security challenges following bombings by a radical Islamist sect are holding back some foreign investment in the oil-rich country, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday.Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful," has claimed responsibility for a ...
Nigeria's army said Friday it would use "all the necessary force within its powers" to stop clashes in the city of Jos after claims of dozens killed in ethnic fighting and by troops who responded.Christian and Muslim groups claimed up to 42 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a third of the world's population lives in countries where it is becoming more difficult to freely practice religion, a private U.S. research group reported on Tuesday.The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life said government ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Thousands fled the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday and the local university was shut after a week of intensified clashes between an Islamist sect and military forces.The Boko Haram sect, which says it wants a wider ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - An explosion killed at least five people and injured 10 others on Sunday at a bar close to a police barracks in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri."Five people have been confirmed dead while 10 others sustained various ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect threw bombs at a drinking spot in the northeastern town of Maiduguri on Sunday, killing around 25 people, witnesses and military sources said.The attackers -- who the military said were suspected ...
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Ancient West African Megacities
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