Rapports

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) staff members in Nigeria are safe despite violent uprisings that forced thousands from their homes, burned down buildings, and left hundreds dead. "Sectarian violence broke out in Jos, Nigeria, during the afternoon on Sunday, January…

SG/SM/12710 AFR/1933 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General has followed with deep concern reports of the outbreak of inter-religious violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos which resulted in significant loss…

19 Jan 2010 19:59:56 GMT Source: Reuters * Mosque in Jos performing mass burials, thousands displaced * Gunfire heard throughout city, houses and churches on fire * Vice-president sends troops, security chiefs (Fixes headline) By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, Jan 19 (Reuters) - More than 150 Nigerians…

Investigate Killings and End Discriminatory Polici (Dakar, Senegal) - Nigeria should ensure that its security forces use restraint and comply with international standards on the use of force in responding to the latest deadly outbreak of inter-communal violence in the city…

Kabiru Mato of the University of Abuja says the factors include social apathy, economic deprivation, political frustration and a breakdown of law and order James Butty | Washington, DC 19 January 2010 Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered troops to deploy…

The recent unrest in Bauchi, northern Nigeria, saw the local branch of the Nigerian Red Cross respond rapidly to treat and evacuate the wounded. For Yahaya Inuwa, 29 December started like any other day. Yahaya joined the Red Cross as…

Second Special Report On 23 October 2009 the International Development Committee published its Eighth Report of Session 2008-09, DFID' s Programme in Nigeria,HC 840-I. On 6 January 2010 we received the Government' s Responseto the Report. It is reproduced as…

18 Jan 2010 09:17:04 GMT Source: Reuters JOS, Nigeria, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos subsided on Monday, police said, a day after at least 12 people were killed in clashes between Muslim and Christian…

KANO, 18 January 2010 (IRIN) - Several thousand residents of Jos, in central Nigeria, are displaced after their homes burned in deadly sectarian clashes, according to residents and the local Red Cross. Local authorities have not confirmed the death toll from…

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