Suspected Suicide Bomber Hits Nigerian Market; At Least 7 Killed

A suspected suicide bomber attacked a crowded market in Nigeria’s troubled northeast Thursday, witnesses and officials said, killing at least seven people and wounding many others. The blast went off ahead of a political rally and a visit by a former state governor in the Borno State town of Biu. It was the latest in a string of violent attacks that have roiled Africa’s most populous nation ahead of critical national elections that had been scheduled for Saturday.​ Much of the...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 12 février 2015