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Ethnic Tivs take refuge in a Catholic church refugee centre in Makurdi
in central Nigeria October 20, 2001. More than 60,000 ethnic
Tivs have fled their homes in central Nigeria, due to the tribal
clashes between the Jukuns and the Fulani tribes against the Tivs,
and are now in four refugee camps in the neighboring state of Benue,
according to a government official report released on Thursday. At
least 500 people have been declared dead or missing. REUTERS/George
Esiri
- Oct 20 1:45 PM ET |
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A cyclist passes a burnt-out church in the Brigade area of Kano,
Nigeria, October 17, 2001, after four days of Muslim-Christian
fighting that claimed 32 lives. The riots were sparked in Kano, when
Muslim youths demonstrated last Friday against the U.S. led bombing
of Afghanistan. Picture taken October 17. REUTERS/George Esiri
- Oct 18 8:20 AM ET |
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Children displaced in the Kano riots seek refuge in Bompai police
barracks in Kano, Nigeria, October 17, 2001, after four days
of Muslim-Christian fighting that claimed 32 lives. The riots were
sparked in Kano, when Muslim youths demonstrated last Friday against
the U.S. led bombing of Afghanistan. Picture taken October 17. REUTERS/George
Esiri
- Oct 18 8:20 AM ET |
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Wounded victims of the Kano riots seek refuge in Bompai police barracks
October 16, 2001 after they were forced to flee their homes following
four days of rioting in Kano, the largest city in Nigeria's
mostly Muslim north. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo inspected
the devastation left by four days of bloody religious rioting in the
northern city of Kano on Tuesday and told his countrymen not to associate
Islam with terrorism. Picture taken October 16, 2001. REUTERS/George
Esiri
- Oct 17 6:30 AM ET |
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The remains of the Brigade-Gwagwarwa Apostolic Church in Kano, Nigeria,
are seen Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, after the church was torched during
Muslim-Christian rioting over the weekend. At least 18 people were
killed and 40 seriously injured in the northern city of Kano in violence
which began a day after a demonstration Friday by fundamentalist Muslims
protesting the U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Tunji Oyeleru)
- Oct 16 9:00 PM ET |
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The remains of the Ahmadiya Jama'at Mosque in Kano, Nigeria,
are seen Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, after the mosque was torched during
Muslim-Christian rioting over the weekend. At least 18 people were
killed and 40 seriously injured in the northern city of Kano in violence
which began a day after a demonstration Friday by fundamentalist Muslims
protesting the U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Tunji Oyeleru)
- Oct 16 8:58 PM ET |
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Nigerian Christians shout slogans as the motorcade carrying Nigerian
President Olusegun Obasanjo passes through Kano, northern Nigeria,
Tuesday Oct. 16, 2001, after he visited several areas of the city
destroyed in a round of Muslim-Christian riotsover the weekend. (AP
Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 16 3:24 PM ET |
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, right, meets with Muslim traditional
leaders in Kano city, northern Nigeria, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2001.
Obasanjo appealed to citizens of his increasingly fractious West African
nation not to resort to ``terrorism'' to avenge their losses after
the destruction of several churches and mosques during the weekend
rampage, which came a day after an anti-U.S. demonstration Friday
by fundamentalist Muslims protesting airstrikes in Afghanistan. (AP
Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 16 3:18 PM ET |
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Children refugees listen to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo
in Kano city, northern Nigeria, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2001. Touring
a makeshift refugee camp and entire city blocks destroyed in a round
of Muslim-Christian riots, Obasanjo appealed to citizens of his increasingly
fractious West African nation not to resort to ``terrorism'' to avenge
their losses.(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 16 1:35 PM ET |
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A man has his afternoon meal under posters of Osama bin Laden in
Kano, northern Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 15, 2001. Stores reopened
and market sellers carried produce on their heads Monday as life began
timidly returning to normal after an anti-U.S. demonstration sparked
a round of deadly inter-religious fighting. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 15 1:00 PM ET |
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Refugees of religious violence in Kano sort out their household
goods that were saved during weekend violence, at a police station
in Kano, northern Nigeria, Monday Oct. 15, 2001. At least 18
people when fighting began after a protest Friday by Muslim fundamentalists
opposed to U.S.-led airstrikes on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 15 12:13 PM ET |
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Firefighters try to extinguish a burning shop in Kano, northern
Nigeria, Monday Oct. 15, 2001. At least 18 people died in violence
over the weekend that followed Muslim protests over the U.S. and British
military strikes in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 15 12:02 PM ET |
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Residents survey damage October 14, 2001 caused by two days of riots
that broke out after anti-American protests in Kano, Nigeria.
Local community leaders in Kano said on Sunday that as many as 200
people had been killed after anti-American protests sparked some of
the most violent riots in Africa since the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan
to try to secure the handover of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden.
Police said they could confirm only 18 deaths in Kano, based on the
number of bodies recovered. The Nigerian authorities routinely play
down casualty figures from such clashes to avert reprisals. REUTERS/D'Arcy
Doran
- Oct 14 7:25 PM ET |
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A local resident passes the charred remains of a vehicle in Kano
in northern Nigeria, Sunday Oct. 14, 2001. Soldiers were restoring
calm to northern Nigeria's largest city Sunday after a day
of Muslim-Christian rioting killed at least a dozen people and left
shops burned and places of worship destroyed. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 14 12:58 PM ET |
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A local resident assesses damage to his property in Kano in northern
Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. Violent protests claimed the
lives of more than a dozen people on Friday and Saturday after Muslims
protested against the U.S.-led airstrikes in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Saurabh
Das)
- Oct 14 12:30 PM ET |
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People try to save oil from a charred petrol tanker in Kano, Nigeria,
Sunday Oct. 14, 2001. Soldiers were restoring calm to northern Nigeria's
largest city Sunday after a day of Muslim-Christian rioting killed
at least a dozen people and left shops burned and places of worship
destroyed. The rampage Saturday was apparently fueled by a clash the
day before between police and Muslim fundamentalists protesting the
U.S.-led airstrikes on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 14 12:33 PM ET |
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A soldier guards on the street in front of a poster of Osama bin
Laden in Kano, an overwhelmingly Muslim city in northern Nigeria,
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001, the day after bands of Muslims and Christians
rioted, burning places of worship and looting stores and businesses.
At least 13 people were killed, police said. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- Oct 14 11:58 AM ET |
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A soldier patrols near burning debris in Kano, northern Nigeria,
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. Bands of Muslims and Christians rioted Saturday
in the streets of Kano, burning places of worship and looting stores
and businesses. At least 13 people were killed, police said. (AP Photo/Saurabh
Das)
- Oct 14 11:46 AM ET |
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