Italy and Britain are trying to smooth over a diplomatic tension caused by a failed attempt to rescue two hostages in northwest Nigeria by saying it’s urgent that Britain share information about the mission. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi discussed the issue with his British counterpart William Hague at an informal meeting Friday in Copenhagen. […]
Britain, Italy Discuss Botched Hostage Rescue in Nigeria
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Italy: Britain Must Explain Failed Hostage Rescue in Nigeria
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
Italian authorities are expressing anger that Thursday’s attempted rescue of a British and an Italian hostage in Nigeria apparently went ahead without their input. Speaking to reporters in Rome Friday, Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano said Britain did not tell Italy about the botched (failed) rescue operation in advance, behavior he called “inexplicable.” He said, “They […]
Italy: Britain Must Explain Failed Hostage Rescue in Nigeria
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
Italian authorities are expressing anger that Thursday’s attempted rescue of a British and an Italian hostage in Nigeria apparently went ahead without their input. Speaking to reporters Friday, Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano said Britain did not inform or consult with Italy on the botched (failed) rescue operation, behavior he called “inexplicable.” The head of a […]
Italians Angry Nigerian Hostage Rescue Attempted Without Their Input
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Italian authorities are expressing anger that Thursday’s attempted rescue of a British and an Italian hostage in Nigeria was apparently authorized without their input. The head of a parliamentary committee on Italian national security, Massimo d’Alema, says Britain needs to clarify why it did not discuss the operation with Italy before beginning. Italian security officials […]
British, Italian Hostages Killed in Nigeria Rescue Bid
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Two hostages held in Nigeria have been killed in a rescue attempt by British and Nigerian forces. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan jointly announced the hostages were killed by their captors before they could be rescued. President Jonathan blamed the Boko Haram militant group for the kidnappings, and said that […]
British, Italian Hostages Killed in Nigeria Rescue Bid
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Two hostages held in Nigeria have been killed in a rescue attempt by British and Nigerian forces. The British and Italian governments said Thursday the two hostages were apparently killed by their captors. The two hostages, Italian national Franco Lamolinara and British national Christopher McManus, were kidnapped in northern Nigeria in May of last year. […]
Nigeria Bomb Factory Blasts Kill 3; Authorities Blame Boko Haram
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Officials in northern Nigeria say three young men were killed Friday when explosions went off at a secret bomb factory in the restive city of Maiduguri. A commander of Nigeria’s anti-terrorism Joint Task Force, Colonel Victor Oheneme, told VOA the three men were members of the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram. Joint Task Force members […]
Nigerian Militants Claim Police Attack; Threaten Ships in Delta Region
Posted March 2nd, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
A militant group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has claimed responsibility for killing four police officers in an attack on a checkpoint. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in a statement Friday that it carried out Thursday’s attack on a marine police checkpoint in the southern state of Bayelsa. It […]
Polio Constitutional Debate Brews in Nigeria
Posted February 29th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
A constitutional debate is under way in Nigeria over whether the government can prosecute parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio, or if it has the power to force parents to have their children vaccinated against any communicable disease. The debate comes on the heels of a resolution by the government of […]
Pirates Attack Ship off Nigeria; Kidnap 2 Crew
Posted February 29th, 2012 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
A maritime monitoring group said Wednesday that pirates have kidnapped at least two members of a cargo ship anchored off the Nigerian coast. The International Maritime Bureau said eight Nigerian pirates opened fire on the Dutch-owned vessel Tuesday, robbing the 14-member crew before escaping in a small speedboat with the ship’s captain and engineer. It […]
