Tension run high in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria's Kwara State as Muslims and Christians violently clashed over the use of hijab in state schools controlled by the church.
More than 14 percent of polling stations in the Central African Republic (CAR) failed to operate during Sunday’s presidential and legislative election due to armed rebels who attacked voters and barred electoral staff, the electoral commission said.
Suspected Islamist insurgents attacked a town in the north of Mozambique near billion-dollar gas projects managed by Total and Exxon Mobil early on Saturday morning, police and a security source told Reuters.
