Nigeria election: Thousand flee after riots

[Pete]

Nigeria election: Thousand flee after riots

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13126971

Just another African Country. But once again it's the same old players.

Thousands of people have fled their homes in northern Nigeria after riots prompted by the election of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Red Cross told the BBC some 16,000 has been displaced in six states across the north where some residents slept in police stations for safety.

[dollarbill]

I first started watching Africa around 2005 with the Sudan/Darfur/Janjaweed thing. It appears that little region of the world have several people that could use an ole fashion ass whiping.

[Pete]

Nigeria attacks claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13618775

"Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has told the BBC it carried out the series of bombings after President Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration on Sunday.

The worst incident was at an army barracks in the northern city of Bauchi in which at least 14 people died............"

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"...........Mr Jonathan, a southerner, secured nearly 60% of the vote in the election. His main challenger, northern Muslim and former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, came a distant second with almost 32%.

Nigeria is divided by rivalry between the predominantly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south, which also have cultural, ethnic and linguistic differences........"

[mark46th]

Africa- A delightful mix of ethnic, tribal and religious loyalties...