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03.12.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"'Threat' to Nigeria ex-graft Czar"
The former head of anti-corruption unit is reportedly receiving death threats [ID 110028]
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02.12.2008 - Source:
Integrated Regional Information Network 
"Aid agencies struggle to cope after Jos carnage"
Jos: Aid workers are struggling to cope with the fallout of violent clashes between Christians and Muslims, which killed and wounded hundreds of people and displaced some 10,000; there are not enough medical supplies and food for injured people [ID 109980]
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02.12.2008 - Source:
Balkan Insight
"Bulgarian Hostage Freed in Niger Delta"
Niger-Delta: Kidnappers freed a Bulgarian engineer who was abducted last month [ID 110038]
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01.12.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"'Too frightened'"
Jos: Article on communal clashes between Muslims and Christians [ID 110004]
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30.11.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"Nigerian city tense after riots"
Jos: Despite army reports of end in violence, sporadic gunfire can be heard; hundreds of armed people arrested by security forces; lack in medical supplies [ID 109935]
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30.11.2008 - Source:
Guardian
"Hundreds dead after Christian and Muslim gangs clash in Nigeria" , Author: Reuters
Central Nigeria: According to the Red Cross, more than 200 people have been killed in 2 days of clashes between Christians and Muslims; more than 7.000 people had fled their homes and were sheltering in government buildings and religious centres; tensions have their roots in decades of resentment by indigenous minority groups, mostly Christian, towards migrants who come from Nigeria's Hausa-speaking Muslim north [ID 109947]
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30.11.2008 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Hundreds dead in clashes in Nigerian city: witnesses" , Author: Agence-France-Presse
Jos: According to witnesses, hundreds were killed and thousands forced to flee their homes when Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election [ID 109965]
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30.11.2008 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Death toll in Nigeria clashes rises to around 400" , Author: Reuters
Jos: Death toll from 2 days of clashes between Muslims and Christians raises to 400; rival ethnic and religious gangs have burned homes, shops, mosques and churches; Jos is the crossroad of Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south [ID 109966]
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29.11.2008 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"At least 65 killed in ongoing Nigerian political clashes" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur
Jos: At least 65 people had been killed since clashes over council elections began last Friday; the violence was sparked by a delay in the announcement of the results, prompting suspicions of fraud [ID 109963]
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29.11.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"Riots 'kill hundreds in Nigeria'"
Jos: Hundreds of people reported killed during religious clashes; alleged vote rigging believed to have sparked violence [ID 109933]
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28.11.2008 - Source:
Reporters Sans Frontières 
"Four journalists face trial over article suggesting President in poor health"
4 journalists face trial over article suggesting President in poor health [ID 109869]
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28.11.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"Poll riots erupt in city"
At least 20 people killed in riots in city of Jos after local elections [ID 109894]
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28.11.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"Nigerian gunmen seize oil worker"
Southern Nigeria: European working for oil services firm abducted by unidentified gunmen in oil-rich region [ID 109895]
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28.11.2008 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"Clashes kill at least 20 in city of Jos" , Author: Reuters
Jos: Post-electoral violence kills at least 20 people [ID 109912]
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28.11.2008 - Source:
ReliefWeb 
"President orders military to step into election riots" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)
Jos: President sends military to step into election riots [ID 109913]
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27.11.2008 - Source:
Integrated Regional Information Network 
"Early marriage adds to socioeconomic woes, NGOs say"
Northern Nigeria: Just 26 percent of girls make it beyond primary school, presumably because their families marry them early; Jigawa State passed law to prohibit child marriage, but it is seldom being enforced [ID 109790]
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20.11.2008 - Source:
Christian Solidarity Worldwide 
"Two churches destroyed in Bauchi State"
Bauchi State: 2 churches destroyed in anti-Christian violence [ID 109540]
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20.11.2008 - Source:
Integrated Regional Information Network 
" "With this HIV test, I thee wed""
Christian churches require HIV test certificate before marriage to limit the spread of the virus [ID 109559]
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18.11.2008 - Source:
Reporters Sans Frontières 
"Online journalist Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe freed after one week"
Online journalist Emmanuel Emeka Asiwe freed after one week [ID 109424]
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18.11.2008 - Source:
Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe
"Behandlung von Epilepsie"
Query response on the treatment of epilepsy [ID 109922]
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12.11.2008 - Source:
BBC News 
"Nigerian with 86 wives released"
A man with 86 wives who is charged with "insulting Islam'" is released on bail after 59 days in prison [ID 109111]
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04.11.2008 - Source:
Daily Star
"Gunmen nab Lebanese engineer in Nigeria" , Author: Agence France Presse (AFP)
Port Harcourt: Lebanese oil engineer abducted by unidentified gunmen [ID 108549]
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04.11.2008 - Source:
Reporters Sans Frontières 
"Second online journalist arrested in one week"
Second online journalist arrested in one week [ID 108713]
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31.10.2008 - Source:
Reporters Sans Frontières 
"US-based online reporter freed after 11 days"
US-based online reporter freed after 11 days [ID 108484]
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29.10.2008 - Source:
UK Home Office 
"Report of Joint British-Danish Fact-Finding Mission to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria 9 - 27 September 2007 and 5 - 12 January 2008 "
Fact-finding mission report (violence against women and support; death penalty; prison reforms; provisions for orphans and abandoned children; lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender persons; medical facilities; enforcement of decree 33 of 1990; treatment of returned asylum seekers; documentation and forgery issues) [ID 109729]
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