Archive for January, 2012
- Months After His Murder, Gaddafi Loyalists Reclaim Bani Walid, Hoist Green Flag Over Town Square
Supporters of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi seized control of the town of Bani Walid on Monday after clashes with a militia loyal to the new government in which four people were killed, witnesses told Reuters.
A resident of Bani Walid, about 200 km (120 miles) south-east of Tripoli, said the sides fought using heavy weaponry, including 106 mm anti-tank weapons, and that 20 people were wounded.
- BOKO HARAM ATTACKS ZONAL POLICE HQ IN NIGERIA'S 2nd LARGEST CITY, KANO!
An explosion has ripped through a police headquarters in the largest city in Nigeria's Muslim north, causing unknown casualties, witnesses say.
The blast occurred just after 5pm in Kano, the second largest city in Nigeria. Police kept Associated Press reporters away from the building, which had its roof removed and blown out in the explosion.
- NIGERIA PUTS $310,000 BOUNTY ON BOKO HARAM MASTERMIND, KABIRU SOKOTO
Nigeria's police are offering a 50 million naira ($309,600) reward for information leading to the recapture of the main suspect in a Christmas Day bomb attack, who escaped within 24 hours of his arrest this week.
Police arrested Kabiru Sokoto on Tuesday and while they were taking him from police headquarters to search his house outside Abuja, he allegedly escaped.
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