News on West Africa

Ivory Coast

2011-01-03T20:30:49Z

Benin President Boni Yayi, left, walks with Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma, on arrival at the airport in Abidjan, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. African leaders returned to Ivory Coast...

Stanford California Basketball

2011-01-02T15:00:17Z

Stanford's Sarah Boothe, right, struggles for the ball with California's Rama N'diaye of Senegal, during the first half of an NCAA...

Nigeria Barracks Explosion

2011-01-01T08:30:10Z

The victim of a bomb explosion is been treated by medical staff at the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A bomb blast tore through a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revelers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve, witnesses said. State-run television reported Friday night that 30 peop...

APTOPIX Nigeria Barracks Explosion

2011-01-01T08:01:26Z

A truck transports the bodies of bomb explosion victims to a mortuary in, Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A bomb blast tore through a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revelers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve, witnesses said. State-run television reported Friday night that 30 people died, though police immediately disputed that. (AP Photo/Felix Onigbinde)

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Nigeria-Violence

2010-12-28T04:31:14Z

Bystanders gather around a burned car outside the Victory Baptist Church in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Authorities say dozens of assailants attacked the church on Christmas Eve, killing the pastor, two members of the choir and two people passing by the church....