Nigeria's police chief Ogbonna Onovo visited violence-hit central Plateau State on Friday and vowed to hold divisional police officers responsible for future incidents. "Henceforth, DPOs will be held responsible for any such attacks in their areas of jurisdiction," Onovo said, regretting Sunday's massacre of more than 100 Christian farmers in three Berom villages by ethnic Fulani herdsmen. He ...

A top US official on Friday denied reports of a boost in US military aid to Somalia's transitional federal government (TFG), and said there was no intention to "Americanize" the conflict in the horn of Africa. "We have provided limited military support to the TFG... (but) the US does not plan, does not direct, and does not coordinate the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to "Americanize" the conflict. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson described as inaccurate reports suggesting that U.S. officials were ready to get more militarily involved as Somalia's government fights the Islamist ...