Conor Gaffey
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 06:56
Iraq’s interior minister has resigned as the death toll for Saturday’s suicide bombing in Baghdad reached 250, making it the deadliest such attack since the United States invaded the country in 2003.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 06:33
President Muhammadu Buhari abruptly cancels his trip to inaugurate a $1 billion clean-up initiative in the Niger Delta following two more oil well bombings perpetrated by the Niger Delta Avengers.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:48
For years, piracy in African waters was almost exclusively associated with the Western Indian Ocean off Somalia’s eastern coast. But while the problem is still of grave concern in the Horn of Africa, another part of the continent has overtaken it as the most dangerous region in the world for seafarers—the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, and in particular the waters south of Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 07:06
Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation into mass graves allegedly containing the bodies of hundreds of Shiites killed in clashes with the Nigerian military.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 07:00
An explosion on a bus carrying government officials in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 15 people.
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 07:29
At least 12 people have been killed in villages in Central African Republic (CAR) in the first outbreak of violence since before the conflict-torn country elected a new president.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:20
Boko Haram is growing and threatening to spread further eastwards from Nigeria as far as the Central African Republic (CAR), despite heightened efforts by the Nigerian military and a regional task force, the top United Nations (U.N.) aid official in Cameroon told Reuters.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:46
Russia began its largest military exercise of 2015 on Monday, with some 95,000 troops taking part, state media agency TASS reports.