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Militants Blowup Oil pipeline In Delta State

http://www.thetimesofnigeria.com/TON/Article.aspx?id=1290

Saturday, January 03, 2009

An oil pipeline was blown up with dynamite in Nigeria's restive south, a military official said Saturday.Regional army chief Brig. Gen. Wuyep Rimtip...

Thieves spark fire at dormant Nigeria oil well

http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFLV49671220081231

Friday, January 02, 2009

A fire at a dormant Royal Dutch Shell oil well in southern Nigeria caused by thieves trying to siphon off crude oil has killed at least one person,...

Ghana fuel explosion kills many

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7749876.stm

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

An overturned fuel tanker in the Ghanaian town of Techiman has exploded, killing at least 22 people. The explosion happened as people tried to scoop...

NIGER: Army seizes outlawed anti-personnel mines

Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Niger army says it has seized a stockpile of more than 1,000 anti-personnel landmines it found abandoned on the Niger-Chad border. If confirmed...

SUDAN: I have a mine in my living-room, what should I do?

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Dengershufu in Malakal, capital of the Sudanese state of Upper Nile, looks like any low-income suburb of a post-conflict Southern town, with roadside...

Fahmo Aden: "I would do anything to see my boy normal again"

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Monday, April 14, 2008

It was like any other day in the life of Fahmo Aden, a 34-year-old mother and small trader, until she was told her oldest son had been killed in an...

SOMALIA: Explosions in Bosasso leave 21 dead, dozens injured

IRIN

Monday, February 11, 2008

Explosions in the port town of Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, killed 21...

NIGER: Mine explosion in Niamey

IRIN

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

A landmine that exploded under a car in the Nigerien capital Niamey on 8 January killed one civilian and wounded another, agencies report. ...

France holds five suspects in Algiers bombing

Wikinews

Friday, December 21, 2007

French police have today confirmed that they are holding five suspects in the December 11 Algiers bombings. The bombings killed at least 37 people,...

NIGER: Rebels accused of launching Iraq-inspired “urban terror” campaign

IRIN

Thursday, December 13, 2007

A rebel movement that has already cut northern Niger off from humanitarian aid by laying mines throughout the region has denied responsibility for...