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| North Nigerian city of Kano hit by blast, police say | |
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| A blast has hit the northern Nigerian city of Kano, in a street with many bars and night spots, police say. | A blast has hit the northern Nigerian city of Kano, in a street with many bars and night spots, police say. |
| There is no word yet on casualties. Witnesses quoted by the AFP news agency that the explosion was caused by a suspected car bomb. | There is no word yet on casualties. Witnesses quoted by the AFP news agency that the explosion was caused by a suspected car bomb. |
| The blast took place in an area mostly inhabited by Christians from southern Nigeria, the Reuters news agency reports. | |
| The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out attacks in Kano state. | The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out attacks in Kano state. |
| Witnesses quoted by AFP said that the blast could be heard from several miles away and happened on a busy road lined with bars in the predominantly Christian area of Sabon Giri. | Witnesses quoted by AFP said that the blast could be heard from several miles away and happened on a busy road lined with bars in the predominantly Christian area of Sabon Giri. |
| The blast comes as the Nigerian authorities continue the search for more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. | |
| The abducted schoolgirls, who include Christians and Muslims, were seized on 14 April in the north-east Nigerian town of Chibok in Borno state. | |
| Boko Haram released a video last week showing more than 100 of the girls and offering an exchange for prisoners. | |
| African leaders meeting in Paris at the weekend agreed to wage "war" on Boko Haram, pledging to share intelligence and co-ordinate action against the group. | |
| French President Francois Hollande called Boko Haram a "major threat to West and Central Africa", and said it had links with al-Qaeda's North-African arm and "other terrorist organisations". | |
| The unrest in Nigeria has not just been confined to the north. | |
| Earlier this month a car bomb in the capital Abuja killed at least 19 people and injured 60 more. | |
| The explosion happened close to a bus station where at least 70 people died in a bomb blast on 14 April. |