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Another 4 Igbos shot in Nigeria

May 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Kano – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead four traders from the mainly Christian Igbo ethnic group in northeastern Nigeria on Monday, residents said, the latest in a string of such attacks. Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out scores … read more »

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Two killed in Nigerian pub attack

January 14, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

KANO, Nigeria — Gunmen have attacked a pub in northeastern Nigeria, killing two people amid a wave of such violence blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram, residents and police said Saturday. Two gunmen who arrived on a motorbike and opened … read more »

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Cameroon raises cotton price to curb smuggling

December 29, 2011 by benim

Cameroon state firm SODECOTTON has increased farm gate raw cotton price by 27.5 percent for the current harvest in an effort to dissuade farmers from smuggling their produce to neighbouring Nigeria, a spokesman said on Wednesday. SODECOTTON said it will … read more »

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