Nigeria: Jos Riot - Aftermath in Photo and Video

The riot was triggered by a rumor on November 28, 2008 that the majority-Muslim All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) had lost in a local election to the mainly Christian Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), according to media reports.

Some 360 bodies have been given a mass burial, the same day the Federal Government deployed more troops to the troubled area. Humanitarian efforts is stretched to the limit as relief agencies express concern over some 4,000 displaced persons at risk of starvation.

Watch video footage here of Jos, post-conflict, here

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