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Two Americans, two Canadians kidnapped in Nigeria

Lagos - Muslimchronicle

Two American and two Canadians have been kidnapped in an ambush in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, police told AFP, in the latest abduction targeting foreign nationals. Kaduna police spokesman Mukhtar Aliyu said "unknown armed men" seized the four on the road to Abuja at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) Tuesday after a "fierce gun battle" that killed two police escorts.Read more

Two Americans, two Canadians kidnapped in Nigeria

Lagos - Muslimchronicle

Two Americans and two Canadians have been kidnapped in an ambush in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, in the latest abduction targeting foreigners. State police spokesman Mukhtar Aliyu said “unknown armed men” seized the four on the road to Abuja at 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Tuesday. “They engaged in a fierce gun battle with the twoRead more

Death toll from Nigeria communal violence reaches 80

Lagos - Muslimchronicle

Eighty people have been killed in Nigeria's central state of Benue since December 31 following clashes between cattle herders and farmers, said an emergency official Tuesday. "80 is the number we can say for now, the attacks have not stopped," Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) executive secretary Emmanuel Shior told AFP. Source: AFP Read more

Surgery death rates in Africa

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The risk of dying from scheduled surgery in Africa is more than double the global average, researchers said on Wednesday, in a study shedding light on one of the continent's biggest but poorly investigated healthcare problems. Patients who go under the knife in Africa in theory have a lower profile for risk than counterparts elsewhere, as they tend to beRead more

Four dead in ambush of World Food Program convoy in Nigeria

Bauchi - Muslimchronicle

Four people were killed when a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) aid convoy was ambushed in northeast Nigeria, a WFP spokeswoman said on Sunday, in the latest attack in the region as the conflict with Boko Haram nears its ninth year. “WFP can confirm that a convoy escorted by the Nigerian military including WFP-hired trucks was the subject ofRead more

Nigerian forces capture 220 Boko Haram fighters

ABUJA - Muslimchronicle

Nigerian government forces have captured 220 Boko Haram fighters in recent clearance operations on the terror group's enclaves, a spokesman for the army said on Saturday. The troops captured 167 terrorists after raiding their enclaves in Lake Chad Basin, while 53 others were captured in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, said Onyema Nwachukwu, the army spokesman. Nwachukwu said theRead more

Exclusive: Why Was Morocco’s Admission to ECOWAS Postponed

Rabat - Muslimchronicle

While the decision was supposed to be taken this weekend during the 52nd Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Morocco will have to wait until 2018 to hear the final verdict on its application for membership. Until this morning, King Mohammed VI was expected to land this weekend in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 52nd Summit ofRead more

Saudi Arabia condemns terror attacks

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the truck bombing near a crowded marketplace in south Kirkuk, Iraq, and the suicide bomb attack which targeted a mosque in the town of Mubi, in northern Nigeria, leaving dozens of people dead and injured. An official source from the Foreign Ministry reaffirmed Saudi solidarity with the two countries in confronting terrorism and extremism. The sourceRead more