Recently, 57 students were killed in their sleep by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the state of Yobe and 20 girls were also abducted by the terrorists. Following this development, mothers across major cities of Nigeria took to the streets in protest…
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UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the conflict in Central African Republic could embroil the whole region and threaten global security. “It’s not easy to put Central African Republic on the map of concerns of public opinion in…
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Heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a school in northeast Nigeria, sparking a search by soldiers to track down the attackers, a security source and witnesses said. The unprecedented mass abduction in Borno state came…
US Secretary of State John Kerry left Wednesday for Geneva for high-stakes talks on Ukraine, armed with the threat of more sanctions against Moscow if diplomacy fails, as tensions on the ground escalated sharply. The US and the European Union will hold…
Junior Malanda will miss VfL Wolfsburg’s push for a Champions League place after a scan Wednesday revealed he suffered torn knee ligaments in their German Cup semi-final defeat at Borussia Dortmund. The 19-year-old defensive midfielder will miss the…
Desperate Nigerian parents pleaded Wednesday for an end to their “nightmare” after Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in the embattled northeast. The mass abduction by heavily armed insurgents from the Chibok…
With Northern Nigeria in turmoil, police in the town of Kano are rounding up stray goats in an effort to clean up the streets and institute small-scale law and order. The problem: about 4 million goats roam the city. Subscribe to the WSJ channel here…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has no regrets about selecting captain Vincent Kompany to play in last weekend’s costly 3-2 loss at Premier League title rivals Liverpool, he said Wednesday. A training-ground injury scare had put Kompany’s…
Manchester City know they must keep themselves in a position to pounce if Premier League title favourites Liverpool slip up when they play the first of their two games in hand against bottom club Sunderland on Wednesday night. Liverpool’s 3-2 victory…
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A New York regulator probing Credit Suisse’s role in enabling tax evasion has demanded a trove of additional documents from the bank, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday. Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s superintendent of financial services…
A Moroccan court jailed a British man for 20 years Tuesday for kidnapping and attempting to rape three young girls, a rights activist at the trial told AFP. Robert Bill, 59, a former teacher from North Wales, was convicted by the court in Tetouan at…
Premier League title contenders Manchester City expect to be without influential midfielder Yaya Toure for around two weeks due to a leg muscle injury, manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed on Tuesday. “Yaya has a muscle injury. We will see with the doctor…