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Continued violence outside the city of Jos escalated over the weekend, leaving upwards of 500 people dead and 95 arrested as Muslim men armed with machetes attacked the largely Christian community. The police are attempting to tame the violence that is described as “reprisal” attacks for violence in the city in January.

Nigerian authorities have arrested 17 members of the Nigerian police for their extrajudicial killing of suspected Boko Haram members. The investigation into the murders was prompted by Al Jazeera’s release of footage showing police executing people suspected of being involved in the 2009 Islamist sect uprising.

Violence between Christians and Muslims has erupted in the northern Nigerian city of Jos. The death toll has reached 149 over two days as Nigeria™s vice-president, in the absence of President Yar™Adua, has ordered troops to the city to halt the violence. The cause of the fighting is unclear; Jos has been gripped by sectarian […]

The Borno State Police arrested 18 suspected Boko Haram members in the city of Maiduguri. Through intelligence sources, the police caught wind of the suspected Boko Haram members entering the state. The suspects were taken before a judge who remanded their cases after they plead not guilty.

Thirty-five people were killed in Bauchi, northern Nigeria, when an Islamist sect, dubbed the Kata Kalo, had their violent internal bickering spill into the streets after members accused one another of causing the illness of their leader. The group was armed with spears and arrows and targeted a local military unit, causing the death of […]