BLOG WORD

The army is responsible for security in the city of Jos, Nigeria, Vice
President Goodluck Jonathan has said.
At least 65 Christians and Muslims, 200 is probably the religious riots in
Jos killed in recent days.
Jonathan, the situation in Jos, the control and those responsible brought
to justice.
A BBC journalist in the region, said the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew
for religious leaders to organize the funeral.
Vice President told the national radio, the first since the court decision
last week to comply with the court order authorizing executive, while
President Umaru Yar ‘Adua of the country for health reasons.
At the Red Cross in Jos told the BBC that he had seen dozens of bodies in
the streets, but the army is now under control.
He said some 17,000 refugees have returned home, while others chose to
leave the city itself.
Many people lost their lives, but it is very difficult to determine the
number, because this thing happened in various places, said Omar Abdul,
head of the Red Cross disaster coordinator, Focus BBC program in Africa.
There are bodies still hidden, he said, adding that many people were
injured by bullets and knives.
The curfew for 24 hours has been relaxed to allow people to their homeland
from 1000 to 1700 local time.
People are on their businesses, while some people are packing their
belongings and leave the city, which after a situation like this, of
course, he said.
BBC’s Shehu Saulawa neighbors in Bauchi State said there were reports of
isolated attacks on the outskirts of the city, Mr Omar confirmed.
Balarabe Dawood, director of the Central Mosque of Jos, not to put a
revenge for the killings.
This is based may not bring these people back, he said, noting a burial
pit, reports news agency AFP.
There are also divisions along party lines: Christians in particular,
again, the PDP, the Muslims in general support of the opposition ANPP, it
is unclear what is said about the impetus for the recent explosion of
violence, but started after the football game was.
Other reports suggested that began after a dispute over the rebuilding of
houses destroyed in the conflict in 2008.
Jos has been thwarted by religious violence over the past ten years, with
deadly riots in 2001 and 2008.
The city center is unstable country of Nigeria – particularly between the
Muslim north and the south, where the majority are Christians or followers
of traditional religions.
Correspondents say such clashes in Nigeria are often accused of
sectarianism.
However, poverty and access to resources such as land is often the cause
of violence.