October 8, 2004

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  Nigerian clashes: '50,000 killed'

  
  

  More than 50,000 people have been killed in communal clashes in one Nigerian state in less than three years, a new government study says.

  
  

  It had been estimated that some 10,000 people had been killed in clashes between rival ethnic and religious groups across Nigeria since 1999.

  
  

  The new study, carried out by government officials who toured the state speaking to victims' families, says that 53,787 were killed between 7 September 2001 and 18 May 2004. Of these, 17,459 were children, 17,397 were women and 18,931 were men.

  
  

   

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