Tag Archives: Middle Belt
Nigeria’s government is not doing enough to tackle religious violence in central Nigeria, where more than 100 people have been killed since March, a U.S. government agency said on Monday. Plateau state and other parts of the “Middle Belt” have … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, Middle Belt, Monday, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Thisday
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By Umar Bello ‘Every established order tends to produce the naturalization of its own arbitrariness’ – Pierre Bourdeau: Recent happenings in Nigeria have again necessitated the need to look into our peculiar circumstances and see the factors that may hinder … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Fula people, Fulani, Hausa, Hausa-Fulani, IndepthAfrica, Ita Enang, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria
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Dakar/Brussels, Unless addressed immediately, recurrent violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state will continue to fuel settler-indigene tensions and exacerbate intercommunal strife across the country. Curbing Violence in Nigeria (I): The Jos Crisis, the first in a series of International Crisis Group … read more »
Plateau – A rocket was fired at a Muslim school in Jos, Plateau state on Tuesday and killed a boy aged about 10, military spokesman Salisu Mustapha told Reuters. Jos is the capital of Plateau State in the heart of … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Lagos – Suspected Muslim herdsmen in Nigeria have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in the volatile central Plateau state, officials said on Thursday. “A family of seven was brutally killed at Riya, … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Agence France-Presse, Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Jos, map africa, map of africa, Middle Belt, Muslim, news, Nigeria, Plateau State, South Africa, travel to africa
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Biafra was the name given by a people on the verge of extermination, to the newly seceding republic. A peoples aspiration to be left alone to renegotiate how they want to exist away from a structure which wanted to swallow … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Babangida, Benue Plateau, Biafra, Ibrahim Babangida, Langtang Mafia, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon
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Exclusive Analysis Ltd The country risk score for Nigeria on Exclusive Analysis’s Foresight Country Risk Platform is now 4.3, which is in the Severe Risk Band. Only the country risk scores for Somalia and Sudan are higher in the sub-Saharan … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Kano, Middle Belt, Nigeria
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By Femi Fani Kayode Babangida ”I can go back to fight a war to keep this country together even at 71…..some people are saying that should anything happen to President Jonathan, forget about Nigeria and so on. I know those … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Femi Fani-Kayode, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Philistines, Soviet Union
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September 13, 2011 by benim
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered the country’s defence chief to “take all necessary actions” to stop a new round of unrest between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups in Nigeria. The order came after two explosions hit the … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jos, Middle Belt, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Plateau State, Ramadan, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 5, 2011 by benim
Authorities in central Nigeria say at least 11 people were killed in a recent resurgence of ethnic and religious violence in the region. The latest attacks occurred overnight Sunday near the central city of Jos in Plateau state. Officials say … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jos, Middle Belt, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Plateau State, Ramadan, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 2, 2011 by benim
Jos – Journalists in central Nigeria have seen 21 dead bodies awaiting burial in the troubled city of Jos, all victims of religious rioting that has taken over the city this week. Journalists visited the city’s central mosque on Friday … read more »
September 1, 2011 by benim
At least 22 people died in clashes between Christian and Muslim youths and security forces in the restive Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday, a local mortuary official said, in the second day of violence there this week. “There was … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Christian, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jos, Middle Belt, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Violence during Nigeria’s elections which begin this week is a concern but is unlikely to disrupt the overall process, the head of the Commonwealth election observer mission said on Monday. Africa’s most populous nation holds a parliamentary vote on Saturday, … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, European Union, Festus Mogae, Goodluck Jonathan, Independent National Electoral Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, News local news, Nigeria, World news
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JOS, Nigeria – An explosion struck near a church Sunday morning in a restive Nigerian city beset by religious and ethnic violence where hundreds have been killed in the last few months alone, authorities said. There was no immediate information … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, bomb blast, Ethnic group, explosion, Human Rights Watch, Jos, Middle Belt, Nigeria, Religious violence
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A NIGERIAN army spokesman says soldiers have stopped trucks loaded with weapons and explosives in Nigeria’s restive north. Captain Charles Eckoacha says the trucks carried more than 15,000 kilograms of ammunition along with explosive material, detonators and other equipment used … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Ethnic group, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jos, Middle Belt, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Religious violence, West Africa, World news
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February 28, 2011 by benim
JOS, Nigeria – A woman says five of her relatives were shot dead in central Nigeria and that she survived with her husband and son by hiding behind a metal door. Gloria Ezekiel Dagut told The Associated Press on Monday … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Associated Press, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Ethnic group, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jos, Middle Belt, News local news, Nigeria, Religious violence, West Africa, World news
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