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07/01/2011 - South Africa - From our correspondent

Suspected Mend leader Okah denied bail in South Africa

Exiled rebel leader Henry Okah, who is wanted on terrorism charges in Nigeria, has failed in a further bid to get bail.

06/01/2011 - Egypt

Coptic Christmas cheer muted amid security fears

Coptic Christians worldwide will celebrate Christmas Eve Thursday night in an atmosphere of tension and heightened security after a church bombing on New Year’s Day killed 21 in the ...

03/01/2011 - Egypt

Inflamed by church bombing, Egypt's Copts protest

In the wake of a bloody bombing during a New Year's Eve mass, Egypt’s Coptic Christians are increasing the pressure on authorities to protect them.

02/01/2011 - Egypt

Worshippers return to Coptic church after deadly blast

Worshippers have returned to the Coptic church in Alexandria, one day after an apparent suicide bomber killed 21 people.

Nigeria's Defence minister Adetokunbo Kayode meets Abuja bombing victims
02/01/2011 - Nigeria

Nigeria’s rebel group denies responsibility for Abuja bombing

Nigeria’s group Mend has denied responsibility for the bomb attack in the capital Abuja which killed at least four people.

01/01/2011 - Nigeria

At least four killed in Abuja bomb attack

A bomb blast in Abuja killed at least four people and wounded 26 in a New Year’s Eve attack, the Nigerian Defence Minister said on Saturday.

01/01/2011 - Egypt

Pope calls on world leaders to defend Christians after church bloodbath

A car bomb killed 21 people and wounded 79 in Alexandria early on Saturday

19/12/2010 - Afghanistan

Taliban attack Afghan military recruits in Kunduz and Kabul

Suicide attackers have hit an Afghan army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan.

13/12/2010 - Sweden - United Kingdom

British police search home in Swedish bomb probe

Police in Britain searched a house in the south of the country on Sunday in connection with the weekend bombings in Sweden.

12/12/2010 - Sweden

Police launch terror inquiry after Stockholm bombing

Swedish police say Saturday’s blasts in Stockholm were a “crime of terror”. One person, believed to be the bomber was killed and two others slightly injured.

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