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Nigeria's Ebonyi state ethnic clashes: 50 killed
At least 50 people have been killed in eastern Nigeria in clashes between rival ethnic groups, officials said.
A government spokesman said the violence in the state of Ebonyi took place between the Ezza and Ezilo peoples due to a land dispute
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The BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Lagos say the two groups have a history of land disputes, in an area where most of the people depend on subsistence farming for a living.
Our correspondent says that while these attacks do not appear related to those by the Islamist group Boko Haram, the clashes only add to the list of President Jonathan's problems, with security forces already having their hands full trying to suppress the mounting insecurity in the north.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16376582
A government spokesman said the violence in the state of Ebonyi took place between the Ezza and Ezilo peoples due to a land dispute
...
The BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Lagos say the two groups have a history of land disputes, in an area where most of the people depend on subsistence farming for a living.
Our correspondent says that while these attacks do not appear related to those by the Islamist group Boko Haram, the clashes only add to the list of President Jonathan's problems, with security forces already having their hands full trying to suppress the mounting insecurity in the north.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16376582