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Articles Written by: KATY POWNALL
KANO, Nigeria: In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations, claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result: The number of newly crippled children more than doubled the ...
KANO, Nigeria—In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result: The number of newly crippled children rose by more than double ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Boston Globe,
22 Mar 2009
BAUCHI, Nigeria—With her golden dress shimmering in the sun and ornate henna tattoos covering her hands, Hauwa Idris is the picture of a radiant Nigerian bride. But her betrothal has hardly been typical: Both bride and groom are infected with the ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Boston Globe,
7 Mar 2009
LAGOS, Nigeria—A private security official says gunmen have attacked two oil facilities operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria's restive south.
The official says that a local militant leader claimed responsibility for the attack early Tuesday in a ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Boston Globe,
17 Feb 2009
LAGOS — Nigeria's most potent militant group has released pictures of what it claims are two British hostages seized in the country's oil producing south over four months ago.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in an e-mail sent ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Newsvine,
12 Jan 2009
LAGOS, NIGERIA An Eni SpA official says an explosion that damaged one of its pipelines in Nigeria's restive south has trimmed the country's daily oil output by 12,000 barrels.
A spokeswoman for the Italian energy giant who spoke on condition of ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Globe and Mail,
5 Jan 2009
Lagos, Nigeria The doomed man’s eyes stare blankly ahead as he shuffles down a dark corridor, spreading a hush through the death-row cells. The hangman pushes a black hood over the convict’s head and tightens a noose around his neck. The trapdoor opens ...
The doomed man's eyes stare blankly ahead as he shuffles down a dark corridor, spreading a hush through the death-row cells. The hangman pushes a black hood over the convict's head and tightens a noose around his neck. The trapdoor opens beneath ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Taiwan News,
30 Dec 2008
LAGOS, Nigeria—A private security official says a Filipino ship captain was killed and two Russians were kidnapped in attacks in Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region.
The two Russians were seized by gunmen in speedboats during a pre-dawn raid ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Boston Globe,
20 Dec 2008
Iki Atsen told the women in his family to flee and grabbed an ax as a man with a bullhorn urged 100 Muslim men to storm Atsen's Christian homestead and kill all nonbelievers.
Atsen survived, but his two brothers were cut down by machetes and ...
From KATY POWNALL,
Taiwan News,
2 Dec 2008
