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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Twenty-five people were killed in eastern Nigeria when attackers blasted a jail, a police station and a bank with bombs, machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, police said Saturday. “We have 25 dead from yesterday’s attacks in Ganye, … read more »
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By Nse Udoh Police in Chinsali District, Muchinga Province have intercepted a vehicle carrying 11 Ethiopian illegal immigrants. This is the second time in four days that officers in Chinsali have cornered such immigrants. Muchinga Province Police commissioner Remmy Kajoba … read more »
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By Munonyedi Val When I was just growing up in the 80’s, can’t remember precisely the age then, there was this policeman who was very fond of me and always refer to me as his friend. I am sure the … read more »
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UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has been arrested and charged with treason, an offence that carries a death penalty in Zambian law. Mr. Hichilema was arrested this morning when he appeared at Police headqauters for questioning. The UPND leader is currently … read more »
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Tagged Hakainde Hichilema, Hichilema, Memorandum of Understanding, Police station, Politics of Sudan, Sudan, United Party for National Development, Zambia
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Two explosions have struck police stations in northwest Nigeria. An Associated Press journalist in Sokoto, the major city of Nigeria’s northwest, says he saw smoke rising over the stations after the blast Monday morning. Police and security agents have blocked … read more »
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KANO, Nigeria — Suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram attacked three police stations in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, burning two of them down in the latest of scores of such assaults, police said. It was not yet clear if … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Islamism, Kano, Nigeria, Police station, Potiskum, Yobe State
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Two people were reportedly killed in Askira, a small community south of Borno State when gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram attacked a bank and police station yesterday. Residents of the sleepy town, which is the headquarters of … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, bank, Boko Haram, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, indepthafrica africa news, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Police station
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Gombe – Police say gunmen have attacked three banks and a police station in Nigeria’s northeast, killing four policemen. Gombe state deputy police chief Kabir Muhammad said on Thursday that the attacks occurred in a town about 140km from the … read more »
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Kano – Gunmen hurled explosives and fired at a police station and a nearby bank in a northern Nigeria town in another of daily attacks blamed on Islamist sect Boko Haram, witnesses said. The attack in Jama’are, a traditional emirate … read more »
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Kano – Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists Friday launched simultaneous gun and bomb attacks on a prison and a police station in the northern city of Gombe, a jail guard and a resident said. The attackers staged what … read more »
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Maiduguri – Police say suspected Islamic insurgents have killed five people in attacks on security targets in Nigeria’s restive northeast. The Borno state police spokesperson said on Tuesday that Boko Haram gunmen attacked an air force barracks, a police station … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Police station
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Kano – Gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria’s flashpoint city of Kano on Sunday sparking a shootout with police, just hours after Islamists vowed to keep up their campaign of violence. The attack followed the January 20 assault by … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Police station
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(CNN) — Nigerian security forces killed 11 suspected Islamic militants Saturday in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The militants belonging to Boko Haram died in a search operation, police said, a day after the group attacked a Mandawari police station … read more »
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Two days after Boko Haram’s coordinated attack in Kano that left over 162 people dead, the radical islamic sect is currently attacking Bauchi town and its environs. According to reports, explosions were said to have rocked near IBB square, Jahun … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Boko Haram, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jahun, Kano, Nigeria, Police station
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Witnesses say multiple explosions have rocked the northern Nigerian city of Kano. A local journalist tells VOA that the blasts went off Friday afternoon and damaged at least one police station. Other witnesses report hearing gunfire and seeing smoke rising … read more »
Kampala – Ugandan police fired tear gas before bundling opposition leader Kizza Besigye and several allies into police vans on Thursday, witnesses said, shortly before planned anti-government protests. Besigye had been meeting a number of senior opposition figures in an … read more »
November 28, 2011 by benim
Kano – Nigeria’s Islamist Boko Haram sect was responsible for a string of weekend bombings targeting government buildings and churches in Geidam in the northeast, its purported spokesperson said on Monday. Abul Qaqa, who claims to speak for Boko Haram, … read more »
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October 25, 2011 by benim
Cairo – Egyptian policemen on Tuesday stormed a security building, as thousands went on strike nationwide to demand the “cleansing” of their institution and better pay, a security official told AFP. Hundreds of policemen stormed the security headquarters in the … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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October 13, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – A suspected serial rapist has admitted to kidnapping and murdering Florida high school pupil Louise de Waal, Gauteng police said on Thursday. “He handed himself in at the Margate police station [in KwaZulu-Natal], this morning,” acting Gauteng Police … read more »
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Algiers – Algerian police on Wednesday briefly detained 17 people as they prepared to hold a rally commemorating bloody pro-democracy protests of 1988, organisers said. As organisers began arriving near the Mahieddine Bachtarzi National Theatre in the capital Algiers for … read more »
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September 2, 2011 by benim
Tunis – A young woman was killed and several people were wounded in Tunisia overnight when soldiers opened fire to break up street fighting that involved hundreds of people in a provincial town, residents and officials said on Friday. Crowds … read more »
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September 2, 2011 by benim
A teenage girl died and four other people were injured when Tunisian troops clashed with crowds in a provincial town, officials said. State news agency Tap said police intervened when youths blocked a road in Sbeitla, 200km (130 miles) south-west … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Tunisia
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The Department of Correctional Services officer implicated in a sex video scandal has been served with an official notice of dismissal. This followed an internal disciplinary hearing yesterday, the department said. The officer was charged with bringing the department into … read more »
Kano – Gunmen stormed a police station in northern Nigeria on Thursday and attacked two banks, a resident and police source said, amid a wave of such incidents blamed on an Islamist sect. “Reports have reached the police headquarters of … read more »
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Kano – Authorities say gunmen stormed a police station in northwestern Nigeria and killed four police officers and two civilians, the same day robbers bombed another station after attacking a bank. The attacks came late on Monday night in the … read more »
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Bauchi – Authorities say gunmen attacked a microfinance bank in northern Nigeria, carting away bags of cash and bombing a police station when making their escape. The attack late on Monday night saw eight men flee in two cars they … read more »
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An Egyptian army officer and three civilian bystanders were shot dead in fighting between an armed group and security forces in northern Sinai, security sources said on Saturday. About 100 armed men rode through the town of el-Arish on Friday … read more »
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Tunis – Tunisian police fired in the air and used teargas early on Sunday to disperse a crowd of about 200 people who had set fire to a police station in a suburb of the capital. The clashes took place … read more »
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Three cabinet ministers from a breakaway faction of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change, rivals to President Robert Mugabe, were detained but released without charge, a party official said Monday. The three ministers and 18 party officials were detained in the … read more »
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Kano – Attackers armed with bombs and guns destroyed a police station and robbed a bank on Friday in northern Nigeria, killing five in a region hit by violence blamed on Islamists, residents said. Police either did not answer calls … read more »
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