Information on a massacre of Christians in or around the village of Wukari in early July 1992 could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

The attached articles refer to tribal clashes in Taraba state which were
reported in late June 1992. The reports mention tribal, not religious, affiliations of the conflicting groups, and refer to Akwana, a village near Wukari (see attached map). One of the articles states that Tiv and Jukun communities "are constantly at loggerheads over land claims" (AFP 21 June 1992). One of the attached West Africa articles reports that a military detachment arrived in Wukari after a Nigerian Member of Parliament was murdered in Akwana, a Jukun community (13-19 July 1992, 1180). According to the same article,
[the military deployment] was ordered after it became increasingly evident that police in the troubled area were finding it difficult to maintain law and order. Military commanders around the country were recently granted powers by government to deploy troops to quell rioting in their areas of jurisdiction (Ibid.).

The markings in the attached West Africa articles are as found in the original articles, before photocopying. The attached section of a map has been marked by the DIRB to facilitate location of the population centres referred to. Please note that the 1990 map locates Wukari and Akwana in Gongola state. In 1991 Gongola state was renamed and divided into Taraba and Adamawa states. An unmarked copy of the map can be obtained from an atlas at your Regional Documentation Centre.

Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

Agence France Presse (AFP). 21 June 1992. "Tribal Clashes in Taraba Leave 15 Dead."(FBIS-AFR-92-120 22 June 1992, p. 43)

West Africa [London]. 13-19 July 1992. "Military Deployment."

Agence France Presse (AFP). 21 June 1992. "Tribal Clashes in Taraba Leave 15 Dead."(FBIS-AFR-92-120 22 June 1992, p. 43)

West Africa [London]. 13-19 July 1992. "Military Deployment."

. 29 June-5 July 1992. "MP Murdered."

The Times Atlas of the World. 1990. 8th ed. London: Times Books, plate 90.