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Investigations of mass killings in Nigeria

JOS – Perpetrators of mass killings in Nigeria have largely gone unpunished over the past decade, according to legal experts and human rights groups. Following is a list of some investigations into inter-communal violence that has killed more than 13,000 people since 1999, according to Human Rights Watch.

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Bringing perpetrators of mass violence to book - or not

JOS – To what extent are the perpetrators of mass killings, such as what took place in central Nigeria’s Plateau State recently, held accountable for their actions?

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Aid agencies staggered by IDP numbers

KANO, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) – Relief agencies are struggling to help the some 18,000 displaced people in 17 makeshift camps in and around the central Nigerian city of Jos.

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Our lives will never be the same again

KANO, 22 January 2010 (IRIN) – In Kuru Karama village, 30km from Nigeria’s central city of Jos, only four of some 3,000 residents remain; the rest have fled or been killed, said village chief Umar Baza. Every home has been destroyed.

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