TEN KILLED IN FRESH NIGERIAN CLASHES

AT least 10 people were killed and dozens seriously injured in renewed fighting between residents of two southwestern Nigerian towns. Violence broke out on Saturday between the neighboring towns Ife and Modakeke just as leaders of the two communities were holding peace talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja. The border dispute between the two neighbours is over land rights and political control. More than 100 people have been killed in the unrest which started last year. Over 300 people were killed last week in bloody Muslim-Christian clashes in the northern city of Kaduna, just three months after religious riots in the city in February left more than 1000 dead.