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Title Curbing violence in Nigeria (I) : the Jos crisis
Published Dakar [Senegal] : International Crisis Group, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (iii, 38 pages) : color maps ; digital file (PDF)
Series Africa report ; no. 196
ICG Africa report ; no. 196.
Contents Introduction -- Nigeria's indigene-settler divide -- Chronology of contemporary violence in Jos -- Drivers of conflict in Jos -- Responses to the crisis -- The way forward -- Conclusion
Summary Since 2001, violence has erupted in Jos city, capital of Plateau state, in Nigeria's Middle Belt region. The ostensible dispute is over the "rights" of the indigene Berom/Anaguta/Afizere (BAA) group and the rival claims of the Hausa-Fulani settlers to land, power and resources. Indigene-settler conflicts are not new to Nigeria, but the country is currently experiencing widespread intercommunal strife, which particularly affects the Middle Belt. The Jos crisis is the result of failure to amend the constitution to privilege broad-based citizenship over exclusive indigene status and ensure that residency rather than indigeneity determines citizens' rights. Constitutional change is an important step to defuse indigene-settler rivalries that continue to undermine security. It must be accompanied by immediate steps to identify and prosecute perpetrators of violence, in Jos and other parts of the country. Elites at local, state and federal level must also consistently implement policies aimed at reducing the dangerous link between ethnic belonging and access to resources, power and security if intercommunal violence is to end
Notes "17 December 2012."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed January 3, 2013)
Subject Land tenure -- Nigeria -- Jos
Ethnic conflict -- Nigeria -- Jos
Political violence -- Nigeria
Domestic terrorism -- Nigeria
Indigenous peoples -- Nigeria -- Jos
Domestic terrorism.
Ethnic conflict.
Ethnic relations.
Indigenous peoples.
Land tenure.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
SUBJECT Jos (Nigeria) -- Ethnic relations
Jos (Nigeria) -- Politics and government
Subject Nigeria.
Nigeria -- Jos.
Form Electronic book
Author International Crisis Group.