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Nigeria military denies reprisal attack after 16 troops killed

Nigeria military denies reprisal attack after 16 troops killed

MEN in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta state days after youths killed 16 soldiers sent there to resolve a land dispute, residents said, but the defence chief denied military involvement. Residents said soldiers attacked the riverside Okuoma community of a few hundred people on Sunday while looking for those responsible for Thursday's killings. Tam Oburumu, who fled from his home, said uniformed men were going around looking for weapons and ransacked houses before torching them. "The damage for now is huge, a lot of houses were burned," Oburumu said by phone from a nearby village where he…
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Land dispute drives new exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Land dispute drives new exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray

THE dusty buses keep coming, dozens a day, mattresses, chairs and baskets piled on top. They stop at schools hurriedly turned into camps, disgorging families who describe fleeing from ethnic Amhara militia in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Four months after the Ethiopian government declared victory over the rebellious Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), tens of thousands of Tigrayans are again being driven from their homes. This time, it is due not to the fighting, but to regional forces and militiamen from neighbouring Amhara seeking to settle a decades-old land dispute, according to witnesses, aid workers and members of Tigray's new administration.…
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