Police in Rwanda say they have arrested two suspects in connection with a grenade blast that wounded at least 10 people in the southern part of the central African country. The blast happened late Tuesday near a public transportation facility in the central Rwandan town of Muhanga. Earlier this month, a similar grenade attack killed […]
Police Station Bombed in Tense Northern Nigerian City
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
A police station was bombed late Tuesday in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, four days after Islamic insurgents killed 185 people in a series of terror attacks in the city. There is no word on casualties from the bombing and no one has yet claimed responsibility. Earlier, Kano police discovered 10 car bombs and […]
Suicide Bomber Attacks Government Building in Central Somalia
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on an Ethiopian army base in Somalia Tuesday. Witnesses say the bomber rammed a truck filled with explosives into a government compound in the town of Beledweyne, about 30 kilometers from the Ethiopian border. The building houses Somali government officials and Ethiopian troops, who […]
Suicide Bomber Attacks Government Building in Central Somalia
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has rammed a truck filled with explosives into a government building in central Somalia, causing an unknown number of casualties. The Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred Tuesday in the town of Beledweyne, about 30 kilometers from the Ethiopian border. Local officials say the bomber targeted […]
Rights Group: Boko Haram Attacks ‘Indefensible’
Posted January 24th, 2012 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the Nigerian government to take further steps to end what it called the “campaign of terror” by the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram. The U.S.-based human rights group said Boko Haram is responsible for the deaths of at least 935 people since the beginning of its violent campaign […]
Tensions High, Death Toll Rises in Northern Nigeria City
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
Tensions are high and security has been tightened in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, where police on Monday discovered 10 car bombs and hundreds of other unexploded devices as the death toll from Friday’s coordinated attacks continues to rise. Authorities now say at least 184 people, the vast majority of them civilians, died […]
Nigerians in Kano Pray for Peace After Deadly Blasts
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Nigerian political and religious leaders prayed for peace Monday in the northern city of Kano, following coordinated blasts that killed an estimated 170 people. The Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, prayed softly in a local mosque where he was joined by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. But the mosque was half empty, with many Nigerians apparently too […]
Gunmen Kill Peacekeeper in Sudan’s Darfur Region
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations officials said gunmen have killed one international peacekeeper and injured three others in Sudan’s restive Darfur region. Gunmen on Saturday ambushed the joint U.N.- African Union patrol near the El Daein in South Darfur. Darfur rebel groups launched an uprising against the government in 2003, accusing Khartoum of neglecting their region. The U.N. […]
Many Police, Soldiers Killed in Nigeria Bombings
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
A series of coordinated bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed well over 100 people. Many of the victims were police or soldiers. One of the three hospitals where victims of Friday’s blasts were taken reported a death toll of at least 131 people, and other reports from the predominantly Muslim city […]
Many Police, Soldiers Killed in Nigeria Bombings
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
A series of coordinated bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed well over 100 people. Many of the victims were police or soldiers. One of the three hospitals where victims of Friday’s blasts were taken reported a death toll of at least 131 people, and other reports from the predominantly Muslim city […]
