Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the Islamic sect Boko Haram continues to carry out unbridled attacks in northern Nigeria, the country's White-collar oil workers have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the federal government fails to stem the rising violence. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has said it is ''horrified" by the recent attacks against churches in Nigeria and called on the country's authorities to punish the perpetrators of the heinous acts. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has alleged that the escalating attacks on churches in the predominantly-Muslim northern Nigeria suggests a ''systematic religious cleansing which reminds Christians of the genesis of a Jihad''. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 40 people, including soldiers and policemen, died in Monday's gun and bomb attack perpetrated by suspected members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram in Damaturu, capital of northern Yobe state, the local media reported Wednesday, quoting hospital sources. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Government of Yobe State in Nigeria's north-east Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state capital, Damaturu, following an extended gun and bomb attacks on the city starting from 5pm Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Sunday's coordinated suicide bomb attacks on three churches in two cities in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state that the police said left 16 dead, the local Peoples Daily newspaper reported Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 34 people were killed and 156 injured in three separate church attacks in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna on Sunday, as well as the reprisal attacks that followed, according to the Sunday Trust newspaper. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Churches in two cities in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state were rocked by explosions during service on Sunday, the police have confirmed. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Explosion rocked a church in Zaria, in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, during service on Sunday, in the latest of such attacks that now seem to occur every Sunday, eyewitnesses said. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Tuesday announced the setting up of a committee to investigate alleged cases of extra-judicial executions in the country. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen on Tuesday killed Adamu Degubi, deputy leader of the Yobe state House of Assembly (parliament) in Nigeria's northern region, the police said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed 27 people and left eight others injured in a suspected reprisal attack on the town of Dangulbi, Dansadau Emirate in Nigeria's northern Zamfara State on Monday, the local media reported Tuesday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has condemned the criminal act by a group of armed men who left a pregnant woman on the road after hijacking an ambulance conveying her to hospital in Drouk valley, 30 kilometres northeast of Dar Asalam, North Darfur, Sunday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attacks on churches in Nigeria's central city of Jos and the northern town of Biu which left at least six dead and dozens injured, the local media reported Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five persons have been confirmed dead in Sunday's suicide bombing of the Christ Chosen Church in Nigeria's central city of Jos and the reprisal attacks that followed, the military said in a statement. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Unknown gunmen on Sunday opened fire on worshippers at a church in Biu in the southern part of Nigeria's northern Borno state, killing at least two persons and seriously wounding many others, the local media reported. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least four persons, including one policeman, died when a suspected suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of the Borno state police command in Nigeria's northern city of Maiduguri, the state capital,. Friday, police said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Many people were feared killed or injured on Friday in an explosion at the state headquarters of the Nigeria police in Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno state, according to local media reports. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said on Wednesday it killed 16 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and arrested five others in a gun duel that lasted several hours in the sect's spiritual home base of Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno state. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death toll from Sunday's suicide bombing of a church in Yelwa, in Nigeria's northern Bauchi state, has risen to 21, with 45 injured, the private Vanguard newspaper reported Tuesday, quoting an official of the umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Full text...

Bauchi, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 10 persons died and many more were injured on Sunday when a suspected suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a church during service in Yelwa, in Nigeria's northern Bauchi state, the police said. Full text...

Bauchi, Nigeria (PANA) - Many people are feared dead or injured after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a church during service Sunday, in Nigeria's northern city of Bauchi, eyewitnesses said. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – US Ambassador in Tanzania, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, has added his voice to the many others who have called on all parties involved in the weekend unrest in Zanzibar to work together to maintain calm on the island. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's capital city of Nairobi was rocked by an explosion on Monday afternoon, triggering fears of heavy casualty. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan human rights group has condemned Monday's killing of two security agents from the Libyan Ministry of Home affairs. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, on Monday deplored the killing of a UNHCR staff member in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's violent Islamic sect Boko Haram has said it will henceforth target all government establishments in all the 19 states in the predominantly-Muslim north and the capital city of Abuja. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - One person died and three others were badly injured when a passenger minibus in which they were riding exploded in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt Thursday, the police said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two police officers and one civilian were killed when gunmen attacked and burnt a police station in Mafa council area of Nigeria's northern Borno state, the spiritual base of the Islamic sect Boko Haram, at the weekend, the military said Monday. Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Suspected rebels of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) have disrupted the annual Gamou (religious event) in the village of Brikama, located about 50km east of Ziguinchor in Senegal, with an attack. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The head of the Libyan interim government, Abdelrahim Al-Kib, has said the acts perpetrated against the building housing the council of ministers by those he described as "vandals" were illegal and flagrant violation of the government's integrity. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Carmel Mukono, one of the alleged perpetrators of the killing of at least 39 people in November 2011 in Gatumba, a tourist city on the outskirts of Bujumbura, was shot dead in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) overnight Thursday, PANA learnt from security sources in the Burundian capital. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the Islamic sect Boko Haram continues to target Christians, the umbrella Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has issued what it calls a final warning to the Federal Government to check the rampaging sect or face the wrath of its members. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Fourteen persons, half of them civilians, died Tuesday in Mali when they were hit by stray bullets following the eruption of violent clashes between troops loyal to the coup plotters and those still supporting the ousted President Toumani Toure, PANA learnt from official sources.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Islamic sect Boko Haram recorded last Thursday's attack on the private Thisday newspaper in the capital city of Abuja and posted the video on YouTube, an action analysts said could be an indication of the sect's growing sophistication and audacity. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Residents of Nigeria's northern city of Kano woke up to sporadic shootings Tuesday morning as security agents clashed with suspected Boko Haram suspects in parts of the beleaguered city, according to the state-run Radio Nigeria. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The death from Monday's apparent suicide attack on the convoy of the Commissioner of Police of Nigeria's northern Taraba state has risen to 11, with 20 injured, according to Nigerian Red Cross (NRC) officials. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least three persons were killed Monday when two suspected suicide bombers riding on a motorcycle detonated the explosives they were carrying near the convoy of the Commissioner of Police in Nigeria's northern Taraba state, the local media reported. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An early morning explosion rocked Jalingo, the capital of Nigeria's northern state of Taraba, Monday, causing damage to some government offices, according to state police command spokesman Ibiang Mbasike. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan officials called for extra-caution on Sunday after a grenade attack in a city church killed one and wounded 15 others in the second such attack to target worshippers. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 18 people, including two professors, were killed in Sunday morning's attack on Christian worshippers at the old campus of the Bayero University in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, the local Leadership newspaper reported, quoting eyewitnesses who saw rescue workers removing the bodies. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sunday morning's attack on Christian worshippers in Nigeria's northern city of Kano left 8 dead and many more injured, Kano state police commissioner Ibrahim Idris said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen on Sunday attacked Catholic worshippers at the old campus of the Bayero University in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the city said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The violent Islamic sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Thursday's coordinated attacks on Nigeria's private Thisday newspaper, which caused the death of five persons and left many more injured. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday condemned the bomb blasts which rocked the offices of the private Thisday newspaper in the capital city of Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The offices of Nigeria's independent Thisday newspapers in the capital city of Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna were rocked by explosions Thursday morning, raising fears that the newspaper may be under coordinated attacks. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria police have confirmed that five persons were killed in an overnight attack Tuesday in the Christian village of Riyom in the country's central Plateau state.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has again dismissed an alert by the US Embassy in the country, warning against possible attacks on hotels frequented by Westerners in the capital city of Abuja. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The military Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to combat the Islamic sect Boko Haram said on Tuesday it killed 1 suspected sect member and arrested 13 others in Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno state which is the base of the sect. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military on Monday dismissed threats by the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to attack South African interests in Nigeria, especially the telecommunication firm MTN. Full text...