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Leaders sow seeds of separatism

RegionsA burned-out mosque in Aba, eastern Nigeria, bears an unsettling slogan in red graffiti: "Biafra". The act of desecration and surrounding destruction are frightening enough, a mark of how clashes following calls for the introduction of sharia, Islamic law, in the north spread with horrible consequences to an industrious trading town in the south- east...more

THE SOUTH-WEST
Confidence in nation wanes  Mar 30

THE NORTH
Where poverty and frustration flourish  Mar 30

THE DELTA
Militants demand fair play  Mar 30


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