Over 100 dead in Nigerian unrest

Lagos - At least 100 people have died in two days of ethnic warfare around Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, Red Cross workers…

Lagos - At least 100 people have died in two days of ethnic warfare around Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, Red Cross workers said yesterday.

Lagos, a sprawling city of over 10 million people, has been gripped by fighting between a militia group of the Yoruba people who dominate the south-western region, and Muslim Hausa-Fulanis.

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