Weekend Clashes Kill 200, As Nigeria Struggles For Control -- Christian Science Monitor
Clashes between Muslim herdsmen and Christian villagers are common, but the Boko Haram insurgency and political interference have fueled the conflict to dangerous levels.
Nigeria's three-year-long Islamist rebellion is quickly becoming a case study in how religious conflicts, if left uncontrolled, can spread.
On Saturday, Sen. Gyang Dantong and House Assemblyman Hon. Gyang Fulani attended the mass funeral of Christian villagers murdered in the town of Matse, and were themselves killed by gunmen.
The death toll of 63 (many of their bodies discovered in the home of a Christian pastor) in the central city of Jos would have made this weekend one of the deadliest of the year thus far. But then the reprisal attacks by Christian villagers against their Muslim neighbors – apparently carried out by youth from the Birom indigenous ethnic group – raised the toll to more than 200.
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More News On Nigeria's Religious Strife
Up to 100 killed in Nigeria violence -- Financial Times
Nigerian state widens curfew after 100 killed -- AFP
Nigeria's "Middle Belt" recoils from violence -- Deutsche Welle
Nigeria: At the Mass Burial of '63' - Gunmen Open Fire On Mourners in Jos -- allAfrica.com
52 killed in Christian villages in Nigeria -- The Telegraph
58 killed in central Nigeria raids and reprisals -- CBS
Nigeria violence: Raids on Christian villages near Jos -- BBC
Nigeria violence: Plateau politicians die at funeral -- BBC
Nigeria senator killed at mass burial after ethnic clash -- Reuters
Nigerian Death Toll Rises as Two Lawmakers Killed at Mass Burial -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Gunmen Kill More Than 20 at Mass Burial in Nigeria -- Voice of America
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