MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamist militants said they publicly stoned one man to death and shot dead another on Monday after both were accused of raping a girl in central Somalia. A senior militant spokesman…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) on Tuesday paraded a 17-year-old Boko Haram suspect, who admitted killing 18 people since he joined the group three years ago. The suspect, Ali Mustafa, said he…
ABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Talks between Nigeria and Boko Haram militants over the release of some 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok almost three years ago could extend to negotiating peace in the conflict-hit northeast,…
Abuja — The House of Representatives yesterday passed through second reading, a bill seeking to stipulate penalties for all offences relating to terrorism, and criminalize financing terrorism, in addition to categorizing kidnapping and pipeline vandalism…
Authorities on Monday arrested the man they believe responsible for the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey after a swift manhunt culminating in a shootout that wounded the suspect and two officers. Prosecutors…
At least nine people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a shopping mall in the US state of Minnesota, before the suspected attacker was shot dead by police, officials say. The attack happened in…