Nigeria Vows to Protect May's 'African Davos' in Bomb-hit Capital

Nigeria pledged on Tuesday to deploy more than 6,000 police and soldiers to protect a World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Abuja next month, a day after a bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants on the capital's outskirts killed dozens. African heads of state and business leaders are due to attend the May 7-9 WEF event - based on the flagship gatherings in Davos, Switzerland - where Nigeria's government wants to showcase the top oil producer's newly acquired...

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