2008 Jos riots

Religious riots in Nigeria July 2013 November 2020 thumb|225px|Location of Jos in Nigeria The 2008 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims over the result of a local election on 28 and 29 November 2008 in Jos, a city in the North central region of Nigeria.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/06/content_10463552.htm 7,070 displaced persons in 10 camps in Jos, Nigeria 6 December 2008 Xinhua News Agency 5 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081210122003/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/06/content_10463552.htm 10 December 2008 deadhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7756695.stm Riots 'kill hundreds in Nigeria' BBC News 29 November 2008 30 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081130053406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7756695.stm 30 November 2008 live Two days of rioting left hundreds injured and at least 761 dead.Human Rights Watch "Leave Everything to God": Accountability for Inter-Communal Violence in Plateau and Kaduna States, Nigeria 12 December 2013 45–47 https://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/12/12/leave-everything-god-0 5 May 2015 21 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150421165010/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/12/12/leave-everything-god-0 dead The Nigerian army was deployed and by 30 November order was restored.Abubakar Aminu Nigerian army takes over riot city http://www.smh.com.au/world/nigerian-army-takes-over-riot-city-20081130-6nwc.html 5 May 2015 Agence France-Presse Causes Electoral workers did not publicly list the winners of the elections, and rumours began that the election was won by the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), barrister Timothy Gyang Buba,http://allafrica.com/stories/200811290039.html Nigeria: Dozens Killed in Jos LG Election Riot Allafrica.com 29 November 2008 30 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081202101405/http://allafrica.com/stories/200811290039.html 2 December 2008 dead defeating the candidate for the All Nigerian Peoples Party. People from the largely Muslim Hausa community, began protesting even before the results were released, which resulted in clashes that claimed hundreds of lives between Muslims and Christians, who largely supported Buba.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/world/africa/30nigeria.html?ref=world At Least 200 Die in Nigeria Clashes 29 November 2008 The New York Times 30 November 2008 Similar riots in 2001 between Christians and Muslims in Jos also resulted in death of hundreds.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1600250.stm Nigerian president tours riot city 17 October 2001 BBC 30 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081204043825/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1600250.stm 4 December 2008 live A 2004 riot in Yelwa, another town in Plateau State resulted in the so-called Yelwa Massacre. Fighting in the north-central Kaduna State when it tried to impose shari'a law in 2000, resulted in the partition of Kaduna. This was followed by the Kaduna riots of November 2002, resulting from Nigeria's hosting of the Miss World contest, which one of its contestants had won the previous year.Nigeria calls off Miss World show http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2505353.stm 5 May 2015 BBC 23 November 2002 Riots The two days of rioting led to the death of at least 761 people, and homes, mosques, churches and schools were damaged or burned by mobs.Human Rights Watch Arbitrary Killings by Security Forces: Submission to the Investigative Bodies on the November 28-29, 2008 Violence in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria Human Rights Watch 20 July 2009 https://www.hrw.org/reports/2009/07/20/arbitrary-killings-security-forces-0 5 May 2015http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/29/nigeria.riots.ap/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail 300 bodies taken to mosque on 2nd day of Nigeria riots CNN 29 November 2008 30 November 2008 3 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230203092048/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/29/nigeria.riots.ap/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail dead The Nigerian Red Cross Society reported that 10,000 people fled their homes due to the riots,Nigerian army takes over city hit by Muslim-Christian clashes https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/3537498/Nigerian-army-takes-over-city-hit-by-Muslim-Christian-clashes.html 13 July 2015 The Telegraph 30 November 2008 and were living in government-provided shelters. Nigerian soldiers were sent into Jos to break up the fighting and create a buffer zone between the Christians and Muslims.https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AS2N820081129?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 At least 200 killed in clashes in Nigeria 29 November 2008 Reuters 30 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081204042524/https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AS2N820081129?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 4 December 2008 live Flights to and from Jos were cancelled and roads to the north were blocked.Rice Xan Nigerian city counts its dead after days of Christian-Muslim riots https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/01/nigeria-christianity-islam-jos-riots 5 May 2015 The Guardian 30 November 2008 Effects Jonah Jang, the governor of the Plateau State, imposed a 24-hour curfew on four districts of the city, and soldiers were permitted to "shoot on sight" to prevent more violence. Human Rights Watch alleged that soldiers and police carried out more than 130 extrajudicial killings while responding to the riots. Many armed youths of both sides were arrested at military roadblocks. Police reported that more than 500 people were arrested as a result of the riots. But state officials said no one was successfully prosecuted. See also 2001 Jos riots 2010 Jos riots References External links Blench, R. M., Daniel, P. & Hassan, Umaru (2003): Access rights and conflict over common pool resources in three states in Nigeria. Report to Conflict Resolution Unit, World Bank (extracted section on Jos Plateau https://web.archive.org/web/20190609163809/http://www.rogerblench.info/Conflict/Jos%20section%20only.pdf 9 June 2019 ) Human Rights Watch (2009), Arbitrary Killings by Security Forces: Submission to the Investigative Bodies on the November 28-29, 2008 Violence in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria Human Rights Watch (2013), "Leave Everything to God": Accountability for Inter-Communal Violence in Plateau and Kaduna States, Nigeria https://web.archive.org/web/20150421165010/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/12/12/leave-everything-god-0 21 April 2015 Nkwocha, Stanley (1 December 2008). 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