Riots 'kill hundreds in Nigeria'

[spindrifter]

Page last updated at 21:03 GMT, Saturday, 29 November 2008

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in central Nigeria after Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election.

A Muslim charity in the town of Jos says it collected more than 300 bodies, and fatalities are also expected among Christians.

There is no official confirmation yet, and figures are notoriously unreliable in Nigeria, says the BBC's Alex Last.

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For the second straight day on Saturday, angry mobs went through the town burning homes, churches and mosques.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7756695.stm

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[hunter]

1. Nigeria needs a Hugo Chavez...

:hide:

Someone who will bring the oil wealth home to the people.

[NoPasaran]

2. Or at least a WalMart

To bring the body count way down.
:hide:

[uppityperson]

3. k&r, came to DU to check on India and I find this. damn

[spindrifter]

6. Sorry, but there is also a major action going on

in Bangkok.

[uppityperson]

7. Yup, I saw that also. damn again.

kick because people are suffering in more places than WalMart.

[Dis Pater]

4. Where was the security?

[trollybob]

5. And what, George W. Bush doesn't want to intervene?

Isn't he already in line for a Nobel Peace Prize?