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Deadly car bomb explodes in Nigeria's Gombe after Jonathan rally

GOMBE, Nigeria - A car bomb went off near a stadium in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Monday, a few minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan left a party rally there.

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Sudan rebels free Bulgarian aid workers: ministry

SOFIA - Six Bulgarian U.N. aid workers who were detained by rebels in Sudan's strife-torn South Kordofan region have been released, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said on Sunday.

World, United Nations, 01 Feb 2015

Chad army says kills 120 Boko Haram militants in Cameroon

N'DJAMENA - Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that began when the insurgents attacked its troops, the army said in a statement on Saturday, adding that three of its soldiers were killed.

World, Mali 31 Jan 2015

Egypt's Sisi cuts short Ethiopia visit after 32 killed in Sinai

CAIRO/ISMAILIA - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cut short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit on Friday after Islamic State's Egyptian wing claimed the killing of at least 30 soldiers and police officers in the Sinai Peninsula. | Video

World, Egypt, 31 Jan 2015

Exclusive: U.N. support for Congo campaign against Rwanda rebels in doubt over abuses

UNITED NATIONS/KINSHASA - United Nations support for a planned military operation against Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be in doubt because Congo named a general accused of rights abuses to head the offensive, diplomats and officials said on Friday.

World, United Nations, Congo, 30 Jan 2015

Nigeria's Buhari vows to end graft, insecurity, inequality

LAGOS - Nigeria's presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari pledged to cheering crowds in opposition stronghold Lagos that he would tackle the country's three greatest ills -- insecurity, inequality and corruption.

World, 30 Jan 2015

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Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in this May 21, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Joe Penney/Files

The rifts behind Nigeria's mass kidnap

CHIBOK/ABUJA - When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help.  Full Article