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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Nigeria launches airstrikes against Islamist militants

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday. The airstrikes hit...

    Tags: U.S. Department of State, Human Rights Watch, Nigeria, Islam, Armed Forces

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Nigeria officials disagree on death toll in recent fighting

    KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how many people, including civilians, had been killed.
    KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how...

    Tags: Human Rights, Nigeria, Chad, Politics, Wars and Interventions

    3. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Dozens killed in gun battles in northern Nigeria

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Dozens of people, including many civilians, died in gun battles between Nigerian security forces and Islamist militants in recent days, according to Nigerian officials. However, reports of the number of casualties varied,...

    Tags: Human Rights Watch, Nigeria, Armed Conflicts, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    4. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. French family freed after being held hostage in Nigeria

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials. Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, his wife Albane,...

    Tags: Nigeria, France, Francois Hollande, Cameroon

    5. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Chinua Achebe dies at 82; Nigerian writer

    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa — When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written about Africa."
    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa — When Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in college, a European professor assigned "Mister Johnson," which portrayed Africa as a land of grinning, shrieking savages. Time magazine called it "the best novel ever written...

    Tags: Nigeria, Entertainment Events, Politics, Joseph Conrad, Arts and Culture

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, 82, dies

    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa -- Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote “Things Fall Apart,” died Friday after a brief illness. He was 82.
    JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa -- Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote “Things Fall Apart,” died Friday after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe, often called the father of African literature, was best known for “Things Fall...

    Tags: Chinua Achebe, Jerusalem (Israel), Nigeria, Nelson Mandela

    7. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The world mourns author Chinua Achebe

    In Lagos and London and many other places, the world mourned the great African novelist Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at 82.
    In Lagos and London and many other places, the world mourned the great African novelist Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at 82. Achebe was best known to American readers for his novel “Things Fall Apart.” Published in London in...

    Tags: Chinua Achebe, Nigeria, Stephen King, Jacob Zuma, Arts and Culture

    8. Mar 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Western governments say Nigerian extremists executed 7 hostages

    NAIROBI, Kenya -- Western governments Sunday reported that a violent Islamist militia in northern Nigeria had likely executed seven foreign hostages, deaths that the governments called barbaric and cold-blooded.
    NAIROBI, Kenya -- Western governments Sunday reported that a violent Islamist militia in northern Nigeria had likely executed seven foreign hostages, deaths that the governments called barbaric and cold-blooded. The group, Ansaru, announced Saturday...

    Tags: United Kingdom, Al-Qaeda, Nigeria, National Government, France

    9. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Nigeria extremists claim responsibility for kidnapping 7 foreigners

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- An extremist splinter group Monday claimed responsibility for the weekend kidnapping of seven foreigners in northern Nigeria.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- An extremist splinter group Monday claimed responsibility for the weekend kidnapping of seven foreigners in northern Nigeria. The group, Ansaru, broke away from the Islamist insurgent organization Boko Haram, which has been...

    Tags: Hugo Chavez, Mali, Al-Qaeda, Nigeria, Wars and Interventions

    10. Nov 7, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Obama's Kenyan step-grandmother congratulates him on victory

    World Now
    Congratulations on President Obama’s reelection flooded in from leaders across Africa on Wednesday, but the sweetest words of all came from a 90-year-old Kenyan villager. Sarah Onyango Obama is the president’s step-grandmother, from the...
    11. Jun 4, 2012 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited
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    Tags: Nigeria, Lagos (Nigeria), Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Accidental Death

    12. Jun 6, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  12. Search Ends for Survivors of Nigeria Plane Crash

    Lagos, Nigeria -- The search for bodies of those killed in a plane crash in Nigeria's major city of Lagos has ended, authorities said Wednesday.
    CNN
    Lagos, Nigeria -- The search for bodies of those killed in a plane crash in Nigeria's major city of Lagos has ended, authorities said Wednesday. So far, 153 bodies have been recovered along with parts of other bodies, said Yushau Shuaib, spokesman for...

    Tags: Nigeria, University of Houston, Health, Facebook, Western Africa

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