Nigerians Touched by Communal Violence Talk in the Absence of Justice

YELWA, NIGERIA: Communal violence is not new to Nigeria - A bereaved indigene of Yelwa examines 21 May 2004 the number of people buried at the mass grave where over 600 victims of of ethnic and religious violence were buried. Calm has returned to Yelwa, but the war-torn north central town in Nigeria has remain deserted as indigenes have fled the town for fear of subsequent attacks following the imposition of state of emergency by President Obasanjo to check the rising ethnic and religious violence in the state.

Nigerians touched by communal violence talk in the absence of justice (via GlobalPost)

KAFANCHAN, Nigeria — The highway from Kaduna wove through a maze of military checkpoints and then continued past the rusting hulks of abandoned factories and textile mills that long ago left Nigeria, as did the jobs they once produced. Down the highway…