ABUJA, Nigeria — A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations’ offices in Nigeria’s capital Friday, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. The brazen attack, carried out as the U.N. offices teemed with staff, comes as Africa’s most populous nation faces the growing threat of both homegrown and international terrorism. Militants from the country’s oil-rich Niger Delta and a radical Muslim sect from northeast Nigeria have carried out attacks in the country’s capital, though never on a foreign target. Read full article > >

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Police: Massive car bomb hits UN building in Nigeria’s capital, killing at least 7

A militant group linked to discontent over poverty in the oil-producing Niger Delta claimed responsibility for the attack on an independence day ceremony on Friday.

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Bombs by Nigerian Insurgents Kill 8