Castration applies to rapes where the victim is over 13, whereas the rest face execution. Can you guess which European country is reacting to a surge in rapes? Well, to be honest it's not in Europe, but I kind of like the idea.

"Men convicted of rape in one Nigerian state will now face castration — while child rapists can be executed, under a strict new law that passed this week.

Male rapists in Kaduna state can be subject to surgical castration, while a woman convicted raping…

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Swedish police alarmed by the rise of Nigerian ‘death cult’ gang kidnapping victims with help of VOODOO MAGIC

31 Oct, 2019 00:49 / Updated 23 hours ago

A criminal gang notorious for its brutality is gaining a foothold in major Swedish cities, police have warned. The drug-traffickers and people-smugglers from Nigeria are known for using “black magic” to coerce…

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3 American soldiers killed, 2 wounded in ambush in Niger - report

Published time: 4 Oct, 2017 23:53

Edited time: 5 Oct, 2017 07:27

Three US special forces troops have been killed and two wounded in an ambush while on a joint patrol with Nigerien forces in southwest Niger, according to media citing military officials.

"We can…

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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that some 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine across the Horn of Africa.



UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said in a statement on Tuesday that the international community should move quickly to prevent the famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.



The UN official also warned against recurrence of east African drought that left 260,000 people starved to… Continue

Nigeria launches new biometric ID card - brought to you by Mastercard

Summary: 13 million person pilot of national identity card combines both biometric verification for state services and a prepayment wallet aimed at bringing financial services to the poorest.

By Adam Oxford for African Enterprise | August 29, 2014 -- 14:55 GMT…

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Ebola Could Strike 20,000, World Health Agency Says

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE and ALAN COWELLAUG. 28, 2014…

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Liberian man in Lagos being tested for Ebola

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UK troops to help free Nigeria girls: Hundreds sent to country to assist local forces in battle against Boko Haram

• Top Nigerian military official says they cannot attempt a rescue operation
• 'We can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back,' he said
• Pressure is growing on…

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The latest news on the situatiuon in Nigeria and the missing girls:

The U.S. is preparing to deploy a team of military, law enforcement and hostage negotiators to Nigeria, officials said Tuesday, to help with the ongoing effort to recover more than 250 kidnapped schoolgirls…

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Many killed as Boko Haram opens fire on sleeping students

on September 29, 2013   /   in News 12:33 pm  

KANO  (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday stormed a college dormitory in Nigeria’s conflict-scarred northeast, firing on students as they slept, the…

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Nigeria school massacre: 41 children killed, some burned alive

Published time: July 06, 2013 14:32

41 students and an English teacher have been killed in an Islamic extremist attack on a boarding school in northeast Nigeria. Some students were burned alive, according to survivors being treated for burn and gunshot wounds.

"We received 42 dead bodies of students and other…

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