ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has cut short a trip to an African Union summit in Gabon a day after a bomb blast in Abuja, his office said on Thursday, highlighting how an Islamist insurgency could disrupt Nigeria's regional influence.
At least 21 people were killed in a bomb blast in a crowded shopping district in Nigeria's capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, the third attack on the capital since April, but the first in the town centre.
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