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Nigeria, African countries struggling to contain terror groups–report

Ibrahim Ahmed FILE – A youth leads a group of hard-line Islamist al-Shabab fighters as they conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu’s Suqaholaha neighborhood, Somalia, Jan. 1, 2010. Amid a decline in terror incidents worldwide in 2017,  Nigeria and other African countries are struggling  to prevent the expansion of terror groups in parts of the…

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Trump to sell attack planes to Nigeria for Boko Haram fight

The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation’s security forces, according to US officials.

ECOWAS: Jammeh has until midday ‘to hand over power’

West African troops entered The Gambia on Thursday to bolster its new President Adama Barrow but the military operation was suspended a few hours later, in favour of a final diplomatic effort to convince Jammeh – who has refused to quit – to exit the country.

Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down

The crime ring issued fraudulently obtained but legitimate US visas and false identification documents [GETTY]

Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital, Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department has said.

Stop killing Shiite followers – US tells Buhari

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The honeymoon between President Muhammadu Buhari and the United States may be coming to an end as the US yesterday called on the federal government to stop the killings of members of the Shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).

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