Nigeria
Nigeria lead poisoning: 'Hundreds' could die
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June 07, 2010Hundreds more children could die of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria, a decontamination expert says, but officials have downplayed the fears. Some 163 people - mostly children - have died in recent weeks after villagers started digging for gold in...
Yemenis comprise half of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay
January 07, 2010President Barack Obama this week announced the suspenion of future transfers of prisoners to Yemen from a U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a U.S. airliner December 25 reportedly was trained in...
Barack Obama to unveil reforms to anti-terrorist policies
January 05, 2010U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will announce a series of reforms to the nation's counterterrorism policies Tuesday, following the attempted December 25, bombing of a U.S. jetliner Mr. Obama will outline the new measures, including changes...
More security screening for travelers to US from 14 suspect countries
January 04, 2010The U.S. government has ordered more security screening for people flying into the United States from 14 countries at high risk for terrorism. The new security measures come after the the failed Christmas Day (December 25) attack on a U.S.-bound jetliner...
Dutch to use full body scanners for US-bound flights
December 30, 2009Interior Minister Guusje Ter Horst says the body scanners will be in place within three weeks. The Dutch Interior Minister says that all passengers flying to the United States from the Netherlands will have to pass through a full body scan. The move...
Nigerian bomber warns: I’m the first of many
December 29, 2009Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who set himself alight in a packed Airbus approaching Detroit on Christmas Day, bought his one-way ticket from a KLM office in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, on December 16. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian...
Nigerian Abdulmutallab charged with trying to blow up airliner
December 27, 2009By Nico Colombant Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab read charges in a hospital where he is being treated for burns U.S. authorities have charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a plane on its descent into the city of Detroit on Friday. The man, who...
At least 45 die in Nigeria oil pipeline burst - police
December 26, 2006Abuja (dpa) - At least 45 people were killed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday after a fire broke out as fuel thieves burst open a petroleum pipeline to scoop out fuel illegally, police said. Some of the thieves burned to death in the...