Nigeria

The sect said the military killed hundreds of its members over the weekend, though the government disputed the death toll and said the sect threatened a military convoy. Source: Shiite Muslim Sect Alleges Massacre by Nigeria’s Military - The New York...

Author: Jon Gambrell Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: AP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/03/AR20110… Multiple explosions rocked a central Nigerian city, another bomb killed at least four at an army...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Google News Wire Service: AFP http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j_rACN_HhyDp6iT5Q-3W… Five people died Saturday in a new outbreak of sectarian bloodshed in the Nigerian city of Jos, as angry youths...

Author: Staff Writer Source: CBS News Wire Service: AP http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/15/ap/africa/main6397777.shtml More than a quarter of people in sub-Saharan Africa worry about future conflict along religious lines, though concerns in Rwanda...

Author: Ahmed Saka Source: The Boston Globe Wire Service: AP http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2010/04/06/nigeria_ste… The religious massacres have stopped, but "secret" killings of Christians and...

Author: Aminu Abubakar Source: Google News Wire Service: AFP http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJ7O7BMY_fn2bCL5ZoZd… Thousands of devout Christians thronged the dusty streets of Kano in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north to mark...

Author: Ahmed Saka and Jon Gambrell Source: Google News Wire Service: AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNCU46VYMVf0VzhqkKJUu… Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people including a 4-day-old infant...

Author: Omon-Julius Onabu Source: This Day Online http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165579 Muslims and Christians in Delta State, under the auspices of Arewa Forum and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday jointly denounced the...

Author: Adam Nossiter Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/world/africa/20nigeria.html?emc=tnt&t… Armed with guns, machetes, torches, and bows and arrows, Christian and Muslim antagonists in central Nigeria’s religiously...

Source: BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4749534.stm On February 24, 2006 BBC News reported, "Violence is continuing across Nigeria where religious riots have claimed more than 100 lives this week.A number of deaths were reported and...