Mapping Security in Nigeria
Above is an example of an individual incident report. Visit the Nigeria Security Tracker here. Read more »
Above is an example of an individual incident report. Visit the Nigeria Security Tracker here. Read more »

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the African Union Commission at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 13, 2011. (Pool New/Courtesy Reuters)

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (L) sits next to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) before their meeting in Tripoli in this handout picture taken May 30, 2011. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director at the World Bank, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. (Chip East/Courtesy Reuters)

Emergency services work at the scene of an explosion at a police station after a suspected suicide bomber was killed and many vehicles were destroyed in Abuja June 16, 2011 (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters)

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila attends the swearing-in ceremony of Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni at the Kololo Airstrip grounds in the capital Kampala, May 12, 2011. (STR New/Courtesy Reuters)

Civilians flee from renewed fighting between government soldiers and the Al Shabaab in Somalia's capital Mogadishu May 24, 2011. (Feisal Omar/Courtesy Reuters)

Residents gather outside UNMIS sector headquarters in Kadugli town. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters)

Belgian Frank Weetjens holds a Gambian giant pouch rat (Cricetomys Gambianus) at a suspected anti-personnel minefield near the town of Vilancoulos, 450 km north east of the capital of Mozambique. (Howard Biddett/Courtesy Reuters)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the 53-member African Union at the AU's headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 13, 2011. (Courtesy Reuters/Stringer)
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