ABUJA (Reuters) - In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice - convert to Islam or die. |
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In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice - convert to Islam or die. |
The radical Islamic sect Boko Haram is abducting Christian women whom it converts to Islam on threat of death and then forces them into marrying fighters in Nigeria, an escapee of an abduction says. |
A radio talk show broke the news on Oct. 28: Nana Kwaku Bonsam will run for a seat in the Parliament of Ghana in 2016. Mr. Kwaku Bonsam, a well-known traditional fetish priest in Ghana, was the subject of a Metropolitan cover article in July. He spent a year in the Bronx, in part for operations on.... |
* Boko Haram kidnap women to convert, make "wives" -escapee. * Guerrillas withdrawn to hills, mounting attacks. * Concern that Islamist violence spreading in Africa. * Nigerian official say insurgency will be defeated. By Joe Brock. ABUJA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria.... |
Boko Haram is abducting Christian women whom it converts to Islam on pain of death and then forces into "marriage" with fighters. |
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has called on members of the church to engage with a worldwide survey launched by Pope Francis on issues like gay rights and contraception. The Pope has written to Bishops’ Conferences in countries around the world, asking them to gauge the.... |
MCT NEWSFEATURES. McClatchy Foreign Staff. TEPALCATEPEC, Mexico Rogelio Valencia peered out from a sandbag bunker outside Tepalcatepec in a fertile region of Mexico’s Michoacan state, keeping an eye cocked for marauding gangsters. “They might come in 10 or 12 pickups. |
Women just never stop talking. Inane chatter, like a wasp in the ear. Do they not realise how tiring it is, to talk all the time?, writes LIZ JONES. |
Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a fetish priest who spent a year in the Bronx, was the subject of a Metropolitan cover article in July and has returned home to run for Parliament. |
Country-rock singer Dallas Smith sat down and chatted with me at Best Buy Theatre in New York City about his new single "Tippin' Point" and his musical endeavors. |
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