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An example is the 1999 violence that engulfed the city of Jos and the surrounding areas dominated by the Berom ethnic group in response to perceived usurpations by Hausa-Fulani settlers.
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An example is the 1999 violence that engulfed the city of Jos and the surrounding areas dominated by the Berom ethnic group in response to perceived usurpations by Hausa-Fulani settlers.
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Hundreds of people were killed and an estimated 7,000 10,000 fled their homes in two days of rioting last week between mainly Muslim Hausa people and mainly Christian Berom people in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Hundreds of people were killed and an estimated 7,000 10,000 fled their homes in two days of rioting last week between mainly Muslim Hausa people and mainly Christian Berom people in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The body of a Berom man was discovered dead in Gero village and his kinsmen blamed Hausa farmers for the death.
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The Middle Belt is home to hundreds of groups with different beliefs, and around Jos there are frequent clashes between Hausa-speaking Muslims and Christian members of the Berom community.
BBC News - Home 2012
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"It is the Berom who cause the problems, trying to get their land back," said Mohamed Yakuba, 32, gesturing to a row of burned-out houses where his father and eight other relatives died during the clashes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Colin Freeman 2012
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But it is jealously regarded as a historic fiefdom by the Christian Berom tribe, who still view the Muslim Hausas who came here a century ago as interlopers, despite having sold them much of their land.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Colin Freeman 2012
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The Middle Belt is home to hundreds of groups with different beliefs, and around Jos there are frequent clashes between Hausa-speaking Muslims and Christian members of the Berom community.
BBC News - Home 2012
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The Middle Belt is home to hundreds of groups with different beliefs, and around Jos there are frequent clashes between Hausa-speaking Muslims and Christian members of the Berom community.
BBC News - Home 2012
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