Conflict in Nigeria's Middle Belt
In spite of the reported causes of the unrest, the BBC headline writers go ahead and blame religious differences for the problem. Don't they read their own reporters' words? The last time there was major violence in Jos, the cause seemed to be competition between farmers and herders for land (granted that there were ethnic and religious differences between the herders and the farmers).Nigeria troops patrol in Jos after religious clashes
Troops and riot police are patrolling the Nigerian city of Jos, after fighting between gangs of Muslim and Christian youths in the central city...
The city has a history of ethnic and religious tension - at least 200 people were killed in 2008 and 1,000 in 2001.
Dan Manjang, special adviser on media to the Plateau State governor, said it was not yet known what sparked the unrest on Sunday...
He told the BBC's Network Africa programme there were reports it may have started after a football match...
Reuters news agency quotes residents as saying the violence started after an argument over the rebuilding of homes destroyed in the 2008 clashes...
Correspondents say such clashes in Nigeria are often blamed on sectarianism, however poverty and access to resources such as land often lies at the root of the violence...
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:47 AM
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