Mar 10 2010
Making Sense of the Nigeria Massacres
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An estimated 500 people were massacred in Nigeria over the weekend in what is being seen as a retaliatory attack. The attacks were aimed at a mostly Christian community in a number of villages south of the town of Jos. Survivors interviewed by Human Rights Watch spoke of the perpetrators being masked men speaking the languages of Hausa and …
An estimated 500 people were massacred in Nigeria over the weekend in what is being seen as a retaliatory attack. The attacks were aimed at a mostly Christian community in a number of villages south of the town of Jos. Survivors interviewed by Human Rights Watch spoke of the perpetrators being masked men speaking the languages of Hausa and …
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