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11 killed in central Nigeria village attacks
Jos :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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JOS, Nigeria (AP) Officials in central Nigeria say at least 11 people have been killed in ongoing fighting between Christian and Muslim villagers in the region. The attacks centered around the volatile city of Jos, where thousands have been killed
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Rocket fired at Nigeria school
Jos :: Nigeria | 10 months ago
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Nigeria Muslim school in Jos targeted by rocket A 10-year-old boy has died after a rocket was fired at a school in the Nigerian city of Jos but missed and hit a nearby building, officials say. The school authorities say the boy was not a pupil at the
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Nigerian politicians gunned down in Jos
Kaduna :: Nigeria | 11 months ago
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49 Gunmen have killed a federal senator and a state politician in Nigeria's troubled Plateau state at a mass burial for the victims of an earlier attack, an official has said. "The senator representing Plateau North, Gyang Dantong, and the majority
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Rival Nigerian Communities Learn to Save Lives Together
Jos :: Nigeria | 1 year ago
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In what is known as Nigeria's Middle Belt, sectarian clashes have killed thousands of people in the past eleven years. In an effort to prepare communities for outbreaks of violence, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Nigerian Red
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7 killed in central Nigeria area divided by faith
Jos :: Nigeria | 1 year ago
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JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen set fire to a home in a Christian village near a central Nigeria city violently divided by faith and shot those who ran outside to flee the flames, killing at least seven people and wounding one other, authorities said
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6 killed in central Nigeria village, bomb attack
Jos :: Nigeria | 1 year ago
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JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Six people were killed Tuesday in separate attacks on a central Nigeria village and a bar where patrons gathered to watch a Champions League soccer match, officials said, the latest violence to strike a region on the dividing line
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Religious Rioting in Nigeria Leaves 21 Dead
Jos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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Religious rioting in the troubled central Nigeria city of Jos has killed at least 21 people in recent days, as authorities seem to be unable to curb the rising violence. An Associated Press journalist counted 21 bodies awaiting burial at the city's
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21 dead in religious rioting in central Nigeria
Jos :: Nigeria | over 1 year ago
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JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Journalists in central Nigeria have seen 21 dead bodies awaiting burial in the troubled city of Jos, all victims of religious rioting that has taken over the city this week. Journalists visited the city's
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Nigeria army stems violence in edgy central region
Kano :: Nigeria | almost 2 years ago
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Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says the army has intervened to stop violence after a clash left five dead in a central region beset by religious and ethnic tensions. Brigadier Hassan Umaru said Thursday that the violence
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Nigeria: Jang, Party Chieftains at Logger Head Over Ministerial Nominees
Jos :: Nigeria | almost 2 years ago
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Jang, Party Chieftains at Logger Head Over Ministerial Nominees Onoja Audu 8 July 2011 Jos Abuja based Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governor, Jonah Jang, have again gone back to the trenches over the ministerial slot from Plateau state in
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