Nigeria says N. Korea agrees to share missile technology

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - North Korea has agreed to share missile technology with Nigeria, the Nigerian government said Wednesday - a deal that would take the secretive communist nation's missile business to sub-Saharan Africa.

If the deal goes through, Nigeria would join Libya, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan and Syria among countries reported to have received North Korea's help with either missiles or missile technology.

Nigeria, which is not at war or under any known threat from other countries, said any missile help would be used for "peacekeeping" and to protect its territory. It said it was not seeking nuclear technology or weapons of mass destruction.

A Nigerian official said no hardware acquisitions had yet been made or decided. The government did not say whether Nigeria, the continent's most populous nation and West Africa's military giant, would obtain missiles or simply receive help making them.

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