Nigeria

Into the night the sound of shelling has been ringing out in Maiduguri in north eastern Nigeria.

This as the headquarters of a radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, linked to three days of violence across five northern states is targetted by Nigerian troops.

Reports say that at least 100 people have died in the past three days.

But the country's information minister Professor Dora Akunyili tells the BBC the government is getting a grip on the situation.