Nigerian Pres. Jonathan on national television on Tuesday. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty)
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Nigerian President Declares Emergency
Nigerian Pres. Jonathan on national television on Tuesday. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty)
Sends Army into three states against Boko Haram.
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The Limits of Compassion
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Amid the outpouring of grief for Boston, a brutal conflict in northern Nigeria has killed hundreds...
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France to the Rescue
In Newsweek, Bernard-Henri Lévy on the good news from the French intervention against the Malian Taliban. MORE
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Who Seized the ‘Queen Mother’?
Nigerian authorities say they don’t know who kidnapped Kamene Okonjo, mother of the country’s finance minister. By Heather Murdock in Abuja. MORE
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Nigerian Minister’s Mother Taken
From Delta state, officials say. MORE
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Report: Nigerian Army Shoots Dozens
Of unarmed men in late teens and 20s. MORE
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Nigeria's Most Sadistic Killers
Boko Haram has been accused of crimes against humanity, but is still not considered a terrorist group by the State Department. Eli Lake reports. MORE
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Things Still Fall Apart
The great Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82. Novelist Uzodinma Iweala celebrates his memoir of the Biafran war. MORE
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Nigerian Students Shot in Rampage
At least 20 dead. MORE
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Nigerian Plane Crashes in Lagos
Goes down in densely populated neighborhood. MORE
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16 Killed in Nigerian Church Attack
Another five die in separate church incident. MORE
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Bombs Rock Nigerian Newspaper
Killing three people. MORE
