JOS, Nigeria, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A few market stalls opened and motorcycle taxis returned tentatively to the streets of Jos on Monday after the Nigerian army quelled clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which killed hundreds of people. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Authorities in the central Nigerian town of Jos may relax a curfew Monday after the army quelled clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which killed hundreds of people. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — More than 200 bodies have been brought to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos following ethnic and religious clashes and the final death toll is likely to be much higher, the Red Cross said on Saturday. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Clashes between rival ethnic and religious groups in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 20 people on Friday, injured hundreds more and forces thousands from their homes, the Red Cross said. ... > full story
KINSHASA, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Congo's government ruled out direct talks with Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, saying on Tuesday any meeting was "impossible" outside the framework of a January peace deal the rebels have already rejected. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Nigerian former President Olusegun Obasanjo urged Congo's president on Monday to talk with Tutsi rebel leader Gen. Laurent Nkunda to prevent the conflict in eastern Congo from escalating into a new war. ... > full story
LAGOS, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Nigerian militants threatened to bring chaos to the western Niger Delta by interrupting shipping and attacking oil and gas facilities run by U.S. firm Chevron unless the region's military commander was removed. ... > full story
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor requested arrest warrants on Thursday for Darfur rebels for the first time, accusing them of storming an African Union camp and killing 12 peacekeepers. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — A Saudi supertanker seized by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the world's biggest ship hijacking reached Somalia on Tuesday, and another ship was captured in the perilous waters off the lawless state. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.N. Security Council hopes to vote this week on a French-drafted resolution that would boost the number of U.N. peacekeepers in the Congo to help avert a new war, council diplomats said on Monday. ... > full story
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