ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In early October of last year, U.S. troops were ambushed by Islamist extremists while on patrol in Niger. Four Americans and four Nigerian soldiers were killed in the fighting. The Pentagon hasn't said much about what happened that

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 September 2006 A high-level meeting on the role of science and research in combating desertification in sub-Saharan Africa opened in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Saturday. Desertification adversely affects the lives

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 October 2006 Suspected militants who raided an oil facility in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta have released several of the 60 oil workers held since Tuesday. The attackers are believed to have issued a ransom demand. Offi

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 July 2006 Militant patrols creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria (File photo) Militants who invaded an oil flow station in Southern Nigeria early last week are still holding oil workers and guards captive. The armed

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 May 2007 A Nigerian defense lawyer is demanding urgent medical treatment for detained Nigerian separatist leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that Dokubo's deteriorating health could lea

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 October 2006 Five year-old Abubaker Kabir who is suffering from measles receives medication while his mother Ladi Kabir, left, watches in Kano hospital, Nigeria (File photo) In Nigeria, health officials who have fanned o

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 October 2006 An international campaign to draw attention to the huge agricultural potential of the Sahel drylands of Africa is gaining ground, with a recent workshop in Niamey, the capital of Niger. The campaign seeks to

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