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NIGERIA

WORLD
Jan 19, 2015
Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35
A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a busy bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 35, police said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 19, 2015
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap around 80 in Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others on Sunday in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon, army and government officials said.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2015
Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria
A bomb strapped to a girl around 10 years old exploded in a busy market in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said.
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Boko Haram kills dozens in fresh raids in Nigerian town
Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people and burned down homes in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga in the past two days, in a second killing spree since seizing control there at the weekend, witnesses said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Boko Haram hits Northeast Nigeria town for second time in week
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram attacked the northeastern town of Baga for the second time in a week, leaving bodies littering the streets, an official said.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2014
Boko Haram militants stage attacks in northern Cameroon, briefly hold army camp
Some 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria attacked five towns in northern Cameroon over the weekend and briefly occupied a military camp on Sunday before being dislodged by the air force, an army spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2014
Nigerian bombings kill almost 40 in two northeastern cities
At least 37 people were killed in bombings at a bus station and market in Nigeria's northeastern cities of Gombe and Bauchi, according to the police and Red Cross.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2014
Female suicide bombers kill six in north Nigeria city
Two female suicide bombers killed at least six people at a textile market in Kano, Nigeria, less than two weeks after a series of blasts killed more than 100 at a mosque in northern Nigeria's biggest city.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2014
Nigeria: The band plays on
Nigeria's government appears oddly detached as Boko Haram pushes the country toward civil war and disintegration.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
Boko Haram insurgents attack two north Nigerian cities, fire on air force jet, witnesses report
Islamist insurgents attacked two northern Nigerian state capitals on Monday, hitting a police post and setting off explosions in a market that killed at least five people, witnesses said.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2014
Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40: witness
A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, killing 40 people, including five soldiers, witnesses and a security source on the scene said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 24, 2014
Long-term African expats and new migrants alike face growing 'integration gap' in Japan
With dysfunctional Japanese immigration policies having led to a sharp increase in incarceration rates among African immigrants, a growing number have given up on integration in favor of living a double life: married with children in both Japan and Africa.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2014
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap 25 girls in northeast Nigeria despite talks on freeing hostages
Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 25 girls in an attack on a remote town in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses said, despite talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages they seized in April.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2014
Nigeria declared Ebola-free after containing virus
The World Health Organization declared Nigeria to be free of Ebola on Monday after a 42-day period with no new cases, in a success story with lessons for countries still struggling to contain the deadly virus.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2014
Exxon sees some disruption from Ebola outbreak
Exxon Mobil Corp has seen some of its oil and gas activities in West Africa disrupted by the Ebola outbreak, including plans to drill offshore Liberia, the company's chief executive officer said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2014
Boko Haram waging total war on Nigeria, senate president says
Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram has declared "total war" on the West African country and the situation "must be handled with all the seriousness it deserves," Senate President David Mark said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 10, 2014
Ex-president's son wounded as Nigeria battles Boko Haram militants
Nigerian ground forces backed by warplanes on Tuesday battled Islamist Boko Haram militants in a second day of heavy fighting around a northeast town, in which the officer son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was wounded, a senior official said.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2014
Boko Haram battles for land in northeast Nigeria, 26,000 displaced
Boko Haram militants have driven more than 26,000 people from the northeastern town of Bama amid fierce fighting, witnesses and security sources said on Wednesday, as the Islamists focus more on taking and holding territory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2014
West Africa Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000 people: WHO
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the U.N. health agency said Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2014
Cameroon kills 27 Boko Haram militants in clashes near border with Nigeria
Cameroon's army has killed 27 members of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram near a northern town, state radio said on Wednesday, in a sign of the growing cross-border threat the militants pose.

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