Cameroon kidnappings: a widening al-Qaeda linked war?
As seven French tourists are kidnapped in Cameroon, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum asks if groups linked to al-Qaeda are implementing a widening war against the west.
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As seven French tourists are kidnapped in Cameroon, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum asks if groups linked to al-Qaeda are implementing a widening war against the west.
The UK foreign office investigates reports that a British citizen is one of seven people to have been kidnapped by gunmen in rural northern Nigeria.
There is a stark warning today the western intervention strategy in Mali is “flawed”. Part two of a special paper also says France and others are likely to be involved in the conflict “for some time”.
The French have made an intervention in Mali, despite threats to nationals held hostage, as other Europeans and Americans continue to debate what action to take.
It seems extraordinary that anyone could campaign against saving children from death and disability. But some extremists see vaccination as a secret US plot to sterilise Muslims.
A militant Islamist leader whose forces have just conquered two-thirds of the West African state of Mali vows to launch holy war against the west.
The question now is will al-Qaeda, with its new North African leadership, be able to capitalise on the politcal instability which follows revolution?
At least 38 people have been killed in a car bomb exploded near the Gwari area in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna State on Sunday.
The Italian president lashes out at the UK for not informing his country before launching the operation to rescue an Italian and British hostage, which resulted in their deaths.
At least 178 people are now dead after a string of bomb blasts and shootings in northern Nigeria and a senior doctor in the city of Kano says that number could rise.
As Nigeria’s president declares a state of emergency after a fatal blast in Maiduguri, Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on the Nigerian Taliban’s attempt to spark a sectarian civil war.
Five explosions rock Nigeria killing dozens of people. The most serious blast is at a Catholic church on the outskirts of the capital Abuja.
Witnesses say a spate of coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the city of Damaturu have left the area deserted, with bodies piling up in local morgues.
Perhaps the most fitting memorial to 9/11 might prove to be a thorough analysis of how and why this devastating mechanism of war is taking root with such speed.
The Nigerian president condemns a bomb attack on the UN office in Abuja which has killed at least 18 people.