Over 50 dead as Christians and Muslims clash in Nigeria
OVER 50 people have died this week in attacks on villages in a region of Nigeria notorious for unrest between Christians and Muslims.
OVER 50 people have died this week in attacks on villages in a region of Nigeria notorious for unrest between Christians and Muslims.
Officials say an assault on Wednesday on a village in the Riyom local government area killed 28 people and an attack in the Bokkos local government area killed 18 civilians. On Friday, a military spokesman said at least nine people were killed in the Barkin Ladi local government area.
The fighting often pits Christian villagers against nomadic Muslim cattle herders.
The attacks around Jos, a city in Nigeria's fertile central belt, come as a string of unsolved killings continue to plague a region that has seen thousands killed in massacres in recent years.
Authorities have pleaded for calm over the Easter weekend.
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