In Nigeria, US Ex-President Clinton Warns Poverty Fueling Religious Violence Tearing At Nation -- Washington Post/AP
LAGOS, Nigeria — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Monday that the rampant poverty that plagues oil-rich Nigeria — felt most acutely in its Muslim north — is fueling the religious violence now tearing at the nation.
A radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram claimed Monday it killed 12 soldiers and beheaded three government informants in its bloody wave of sectarian violence against Nigeria’s weak central government. While Clinton never named the sect in a speech Monday night in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, he admitted he remained “really worried” about the security challenges in Africa’s most populous nation.
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Clinton: Poverty helping fuel violence in Nigeria -- AP
Poverty fueling unrest in Nigeria's Kano, says report -- AFP
Soldiers find, safely detonate car bomb in a northeast Nigeria city home to radical sect -- Washington Post/AP
Police: 1 killed in blast in central Nigeria city -- Boston.com/AP
Nigerian blast kills policeman -- AFP
Nigeria's sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers -- Reuters
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Clinton: Poverty helping fuel violence in Nigeria -- AP
Poverty fueling unrest in Nigeria's Kano, says report -- AFP
Soldiers find, safely detonate car bomb in a northeast Nigeria city home to radical sect -- Washington Post/AP
Police: 1 killed in blast in central Nigeria city -- Boston.com/AP
Nigerian blast kills policeman -- AFP
Nigeria's sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers -- Reuters
Poverty fueling unrest in Nigeria's Kano, says report -- AFP
Soldiers find, safely detonate car bomb in a northeast Nigeria city home to radical sect -- Washington Post/AP
Police: 1 killed in blast in central Nigeria city -- Boston.com/AP
Nigerian blast kills policeman -- AFP
Nigeria's sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers -- Reuters
Nigerian Islamists threaten attack on telecom firms -- AFP
Nigeria Faces Significant Security Challenges -- Leadership
Boko Haram and the Nigerian State:Time for a re-think -- Vanguard
Boko Haram: Fighting a cause or killing Nigeria? -- Sun Publishing
Soldiers find, safely detonate car bomb in a northeast Nigeria city home to radical sect -- Washington Post/AP
Police: 1 killed in blast in central Nigeria city -- Boston.com/AP
Nigerian blast kills policeman -- AFP
Nigeria's sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers -- Reuters
Nigerian Islamists threaten attack on telecom firms -- AFP
Nigeria Faces Significant Security Challenges -- Leadership
Boko Haram and the Nigerian State:Time for a re-think -- Vanguard
Boko Haram: Fighting a cause or killing Nigeria? -- Sun Publishing