The level of support among Nigerians for Boko Haram is hard to measure, but the group could have millions of backers in the country.[2]   One of the many unknowns about Boko Haram, the radical Islamist terrorist movement associated with over 150 killings thus far in 2016, is how much popular support it actually enjoys.[1] Check also: Niger attacked by both ...

HARARE  – President Robert Mugabe on Friday said veterans of Zimbabwe’s independence war had indicated they wanted him to retire and he would consider it if they asked him directly. Mugabe, at 92 Africa’s oldest leader, pointed out however that others had tried to push him out in the past and failed. Check also: President Robert Mugabe declares state of ...

Islamist militants from al-Qaeda and Boko Haram have killed four security forces in two separate attacks in Niger, officials have said. Three policemen were shot dead by suspected al-Qaeda members in a village near the border with Burkina Faso. Niger: One soldier was killed and two others wounded when a military convoy was attacked close to Nigeria’s border. Thursday’s attacks ...

Moscow -All sixty-one people on board a flydubai Boeing 737 were killed when their plane crashed and burst into flames as it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia, on Saturday morning, officials said. Check also:Plane carrying 150 people crashed in France The plane was making its second attempt to land in bad weather when it missed the runway, erupting ...

Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOGL) is seeking to sell its Boston Dynamics subsidiary specialised in developing and manufacturing robots, the Financial Times reported Friday. Check also: Google has formed up a new parent company known as alphabet Financial agency Bloomberg, which also reported Alphabet intends to sell the company it acquired in 2013 as part of efforts to boost its ...