Guinean soldiers have withdrawn from an Ivorian village they took over late last month in a border dispute dating back to the days of independence, an Ivorian security source said Saturday. The source told AFP that they left the village of Kpeaba, which lies close to the town of Sipilou, around 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Ivory Coast's border with Guinea, on Thursday.

Attackers in Nigeria, including some wearing military uniforms, have killed 10 members of the same family, with half the victims under the age of six, the military and an official said Friday. Central Plateau state, where the attack occurred late Thursday, has seen waves of violence that has killed thousands in recent years, in part due to tension between mostly Muslim herdsmen and a mainly Christian ethnic group. "A family of 10 were ... murdered," said Pam Ayuba, the governor's spokesman. "Five little children including a two-month-old child were slaughtered."

(Adds city centre details, French statement) DAKAR, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Senegal said on Friday it had received information of a bomb threat to the capital Dakar. In a text message to U.S. citizens, the embassy advised its nationals to stay away from the city centre until further notice but did not give any further details. A Senegalese security source confirmed the threat and said the authorities had taken "necessary measures".

Ivory Coast will seek to peacefully resolve a border dispute with Guinea that has seen an Ivorian village occupied by Guinean soldiers since late January, a government statement said Wednesday. "Ivory Coast and Guinea, determined to choose a peaceful resolution to this dispute, have decided" to call on both populations to calm down, said the statement by the council of ministers.