| 5,681,957 |
4.80472 |
6.07889 |
Nigeria |
|
Militants attack ship |
| 5,681,961 |
5.071 |
6.29159 |
Nigeria |
|
Military attacks fishing community in Delta State |
| 5,681,966 |
6.14543 |
6.78845 |
Nigeria |
|
MASSOB clashes with police at Onitsha Market. |
| 5,681,970 |
5.39905 |
5.44821 |
Nigeria |
|
Militant group shoots at JTF helicopter. |
| 5,681,975 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigerian Muslim rioters looted and burned Christian churches and businesses Saturday after police halted a protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. |
| 5,681,981 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Nigerian rioters killed an estimated 23 people Saturday after a Muslim protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed descended into violence. Witnesses told AFP that protesters turned on the Christian minority in the northern city of Maiduguri, burning shops and churches, after police dispersed a rally called to condemn European newspapers that printed the caricatures. An earlier toll had put the number of dead in Saturday's violence in the two northern cities of Maiduguri and Katsina at 16. |
| 5,681,986 |
12.98943 |
7.60063 |
Nigeria |
|
Troops enforced a curfew in parts of northern Nigeria on Sunday after protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed triggered riots in two cities that left 26 people dead and 11 churches burned. In Katsina, police opened fire into a crowd of stone-throwers, killing one and injuring others. Churches were also burned in Katsina, he added, but it was not known how many. An earlier toll had put the number of dead in Saturday's violence in the two northern cities of Maiduguri and Katsina at 16. |
| 5,681,990 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
Muslims clash with police during riots in Bauchi. |
| 5,681,996 |
10.31344 |
9.84327 |
Nigeria |
|
In Bauchi, where 10 people were killed on Monday after the supposed "desecration" of the Koran by a school teacher, a dawn-to-dusk curfew had been imposed to pre-empt further clashes. |
| 5,681,999 |
11.84644 |
13.16027 |
Nigeria |
|
Angry traders chanting protest songs demonstrated in the city over state security services' perceived failure to stem religious rioting over the weekend that led to over two dozen deaths. |
