Car Bomb Hits UN Headquarters in Nigeria

A car bomb attack on the United Nations offices in Nigeria’s capital Abuja.

Hillary Clinton in Nigeria

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Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest from the BBC’s Caroline Duffield in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit there today.

Nigerian city

We’re heading for the streets of an African mega-city. People there refer to the perennial traffic jams as “go-slows.” This is a chaotic city with a population of somewhere between 12 and 18 million people. It’s in Nigeria, but it’s not Nigeria’s capital. That would be Abuja.