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World Service,08 May 2004,26 mins

Armed Violence in Yelwa, Nigeria

This Week and Africa

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Nigerian violence kills hundreds in the central town of Yelwa. Armed Christian militias surrounded the town and attacked its inhabitants with bows and machetes. Also on the programme, refugees flee Darfur and the Kenyan ban on Somali passports.

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