Over 100 dead in Muslim-Christian clashes in Nigeria
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Over 100 dead in Muslim-Christian clashes in Nigeria
More than one hundred people were feared dead in Nigeria following violent clashes between Christian villagers and Muslim herders near the central city of Jos.
Published: 8:16PM GMT 07 Mar 2010
The latest unrest in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state comes at a difficult time, with acting leader Goodluck Jonathan trying to assert his authority while country's ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua remains too sick to govern the oil-producing nation.
Villagers in Dogo Nahawa, just south of the city of Jos, said Hausa-Fulani herders from the surrounding hills attacked at about 3 am (0200 GMT), shooting into the air before slashing those who came out of their homes with machetes.
Yemi Kosoko, a reporter with the independent Nigerian news network Channels, told The Associated Press on Sunday that most of the bodies appeared to be women and children killed by blows from machetes wielded by gangs burning down villages.
Mr Jonathan has put security forces in central Nigeria on full alert.
The three villages attacked in the area belonged to ethnic Berom group in the state.
Residents and local rights activists blamed the attacks on ethnic Fulani members who they said were taking revenge after a deadly attack by the Berom people last month.
Ethno-religious violence claimed 326 lives in January in Jos, according to police although other observers put the overall toll at more than 550 in Jos.
Over 100 dead in Muslim-Christian clashes in Nigeria
More than one hundred people were feared dead in Nigeria following violent clashes between Christian villagers and Muslim herders near the central city of Jos.
Published: 8:16PM GMT 07 Mar 2010
The latest unrest in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state comes at a difficult time, with acting leader Goodluck Jonathan trying to assert his authority while country's ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua remains too sick to govern the oil-producing nation.
Villagers in Dogo Nahawa, just south of the city of Jos, said Hausa-Fulani herders from the surrounding hills attacked at about 3 am (0200 GMT), shooting into the air before slashing those who came out of their homes with machetes.
Yemi Kosoko, a reporter with the independent Nigerian news network Channels, told The Associated Press on Sunday that most of the bodies appeared to be women and children killed by blows from machetes wielded by gangs burning down villages.
Mr Jonathan has put security forces in central Nigeria on full alert.
The three villages attacked in the area belonged to ethnic Berom group in the state.
Residents and local rights activists blamed the attacks on ethnic Fulani members who they said were taking revenge after a deadly attack by the Berom people last month.
Ethno-religious violence claimed 326 lives in January in Jos, according to police although other observers put the overall toll at more than 550 in Jos.
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