Suicide Bombings

There have been no claims of responsibility for the suicide bombing, although authorities believe jihadi group Boko Haram is responsible

Two suicide bombings killed at least 40 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos, witnesses said.

A suicide bomber attacked a church in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, in Yobe state, killing at least five worshippers.

Action is needed to halt the targeting of children in conflict zones everywhere, writes Anthony Lake.

Twenty three people were killed in two suicide bombing attacks in Nigeria over the weekend, while the country prepares for elections in February.

Werner Groenewald dedicated 12 years of his life in Kabul, Afghanistan before he and his two children were killed by Taliban suicide bombers.

Four gunmen opened fire on guests in a luxury Kabul hotel restaurant in the latest violent attack in Afghanistan’s capital city.

The government has spoken out against two suicide bombings in the Russian town of Volgograd, in which over 30 people died and many were injured.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered tighter security from law enforcement agencies after a second bomb exploded in the country in just three days.

A Taliban suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-packed vehicle next to a Nato military convoy in Kabul, say officials.

A suicide bomber on a bicycle has killed nine people outside the defence ministry in Kabul during a visit by new US defence secretary Chuck Hagel.

Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people on Thursday, police said.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the heavily barricaded Nato headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, Nato and local officials said.

A suicide bomber killed seven officers as they arrived at a colleague’s funeral in Russia’s North Caucasus, soon after gunmen opened fire in a mosque.

Damascus has been hit by a suicide bomb, killing 25 and wounding dozens, with state media blaming ‘terrorists’ for the second such attack.