Argentina to unleash attacking riches on Bosnia
By Zoran Milosavljevic Argentina embark on an expected breeze through World Cup Group F on Sunday against a talented if inexperienced Bosnia side playing in...
Nigeria
Mother identifies daughter on video of abducted Nigeria schoolgirls
A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels that showed dozens of girls in captivity,...
Islamist attack kills 125 in northeast Nigeria
By Lanre Ola The latest big Islamist attack in Nigeria has killed least 125 people, police said on Wednesday after gunmen rampaged through a town in the...
Boko Haram threatens ‘to sell’ abducted girls
By Tim Cocks The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Monday for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria last month and threatened to “sell...
US offers to help Nigeria in hunt for abducted girls
By Lesley Wroughton The United States said on Thursday it had offered to help Nigeria in its search for around 200 girls abducted by Islamist militants from a school...
Suspected bomb on edge of Nigerian capital kills at least 15
A suspected car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday, killing at least 15 people a week before the city was...
Fate of Nigeria kidnap girls unclear
Pascal Fletcher Authorities in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state denied on Thursday a statement by the armed forces which had said most of the more than 100...
Nigeria rebels abduct more than 100 schoolgirls
By Felix Onuah and Lanre Ola Suspected Islamist insurgents abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno...
Nigeria bus station bombing kills 71 on edge of capital (Updated 2)
By Isaac Abrak and Felix Onuah A morning rush hour bomb killed at least 71 people at a Nigerian bus station on the outskirts of the capital on...
Nigerian islamists kill 59 pupils in boarding school attack
By Joe Hemba Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram shot or burned to death 59 pupils in a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight, a...
