Results of the vote type Nigerian tensions - Wall Street Journal

KADUNA, Nigeria - the choice of incumbent Goodluck Jonathan made that gap between Nigeria's predominantly Christian shows raw South and North, Muslim how quickly the country's latent religious and economic tensions can erupt in violence.

Funding agencies estimated Wednesday killed more than 100 people in violence which were flashed in Northern Nigeria, after Mr Jonathan, a Christian from the South, was elected with about 60% of the nationwide vote. Mr Jonathan has now the difficult task from attempting to the nation, Africa's most populous and a growing destination for foreign investment to settle down.

The city of Kaduna has many of the problems, the fuel riots in Northern Nigeria, including high poverty and youth unemployment have contributed. Had his Kabala littered neighborhood, West with small shops and one-storey houses, is home to Christians and Muslims, who together lived in relative peace.

On the Saturday morning met almost 1,000 voters cast ballots in a predominantly Muslim part of Kabala West. A rumor spread that Christian voters in the neighboring polling unit had prevented Muslim observers from entering the unit.

Several dozen young Muslim men went in the direction of the next Church, say that a ballot box was it disappears. Arguments in shoving matches turned.

Police came then the military. The day vote of resumed.

The outbreak was sparked by the young people misunderstanding a business of this area seemed cut political leaders with regard to the observer had, the each party sends monitor polling stations. According to residents and members of the two main parties in Nigeria - Christians and Muslims alike – the activists agreed peace in Kabala West on Saturday with the agreed, that members who were Muslim monitor votes in the Christian areas would not to keep, and Christians would not enter predominantly Muslim areas.

"It was a long understanding in this area, during the vote, Hausa [Muslim] observers here come would not", said James Sako, 59-year-old trader in a nearby Christian area.

When security agreed forces appeared, calm, to restore Christian and Muslim observers back to their respective posts.

But later on this evening, unknown suspect a bomb in the happy night threw hotel on the Christian quarter, injured were eight patrons, two critical.

It was one of the many outbreaks in Kaduna, Nigeria, the site of several sectarian clashes in the last decade. The local Government has tried, such violence by separation of the Muslim and Christian population, partly by promoting Christian inhabitants on the southern part of the city move to reduce. Residents say that the steps have largely worked. But tensions quickly to close combat.

During the vote on Saturday a group of young men, ran with the West life towards entry points in a walled off of walls Christian section of Kabala wooden clubs. Women within rushed their children. A man his clothes washing machine head within interrupted and to lock his door.

On Sunday in Kaduna, Nigeria, voting results showed that Mr Jonathan main rival was former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, the gain in the Northern States. His supporters celebrated.

But in the evening, national results showed Mr Jonathan will return to the South and the choice to win. Celebrations turned to violence. Supporters of Mr Buhari burned houses of people, Christians as well as high-profile were Muslim leaders who thought, Mr Jonathan have secured.

Unrest spread early to Nigeria's North Monday and Tuesday. Churches, mosques and houses were burned. Hundreds of people were injured and many thousands were suppressed, according to Nigerian Red Cross has published its final death toll not.

On Monday evening, Mr Jonathan put in his acceptance speech in the capital Abuja for peace. But Nigeria has a number of politicians who do not easily accept defeat.

Mr Buhari Party Congress for progressive change, rejected most of the results, although it local and international election monitors of the country's most credible choice in decades called.

Mr Buhari, the elections contested in 2003, and 2007 has distanced himself and his party from the violence. In a statement on Wednesday, he told his followers that "it is wrong, if you perpetrators your ranks and enable as places make the senseless destruction of worship to such dastardly acts."

Residents of Kaduna said that a curfew imposed has kept quiet the Government, which easily facilitated Wednesday, things. Still, they fear what lies under the current peace.

Monday "was crazy, there was almost war", said Lalas ABBA, a DJ on the bomb hit happy night is 33 years old, hotel. "If you outside, before you know it, you can only shot to get."

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Ivory Coast: 100 found more bodies as ethnic tensions rise - the guardian

Alassane Ouattara, said his troops secure the streets of Abidjan and to establish a perimeter Laurent Gbagbo would link. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

UN investigators found more than 100 facilities in C?te d'Ivoire, to have been victims of what ethnically motivated massacres appear in the last 24 hours. Some seem alive have been burned and others were thrown into a well, said a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for human rights.

The killings at three locations in western Ivory Coast occurred, and may have been carried out by Liberian mercenaries, according to the UN.

The discovery came as Alassane Ouattara, who said the internationally recognised President of C?te d'Ivoire, he would not try to capture Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to leave power and is hidden in a bunker under his personal residence.

In his first televised address since the beginning said siege in Abidjan this week Ouattara he would focus on the return of the country to facilitate to normal about the fate of civilians.

The UN team discovery underlines the need for an urgent resolution on the crisis that was caused by Gbagbo's rejection of the official election results in November last year.

About 40 bodies were in Blolequin, West of Duékoué, where another last week discovered 229 bodies were found. Another 15 bodies were discovered in Duékoué, and a further 60 in the nearby town of Guiglo were found. Some of the victims were from other countries in West Africa.

Forces loyal to Ouattara were partly for the massacre in Duékoué was discovered last week made responsible. It is not yet clear that the massacre on Thursday revealed performed.

"The incidents appear at least partially ethnically motivated to have been", said Rupert Colville, UNHCHR spokesman in Geneva. "I think you have a little carefully the assignment of responsibilities be." He said, increased ethnic tensions as the conflict continues.

C?te d'Ivoire has Muslim north and Christian South and other 60 different ethnic groups. Under Gbagbo's decade-long rule, especially in the early days he tolerated and one increase in xenophobia, especially against the Ivorians, which parents came as the French from neighbouring countries. Muslims from the North - Ouattara's most important constituency - were caused much bitterness and a brief civil war also discriminated against.

Limited to the rapid progress last week having Ouattara's forces through the country Gbagbo to his bunker with his influential wife Simone. UN and French peacekeeping troops have attacked its military depots to reduce his firepower. But he refuses to make, insists that he won the election and France the blame for his predicament.

Many of Gbagbo's top generals and troops have left him, but about 200 soldiers and militia with heavy weapons are equipped subdivision, guard according to the French military his home in the upmarket Cocody. You repelled an attack by Ouattara's fighters on Wednesday.

In his television speech, Ouattara said his troops were setting up connection to a security perimeter around's Gbagbo. You would only for him to run out of water and food, and at the same time securing the streets of Abidjan, where most people in their homes of this week due to the heavy fighting remained.

Ouattara said that he soon the ban on exports of cocoa, would end up, which he announced in January. He asked the EU to Ivory Coast's major ports, designed to bring Gbagbo under pressure in resign lift sanctions.

In addition requested Ouattara Central Bank of west African States its branches in the country again salaries are paid. He also promised, human rights hold a public inquiry abuses during the conflict.

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Gaddafi Envoy visits London as tensions mount in Libya

Moises saman for the New York TimesA woman wore a portrait of Colonel Qadhafi during a rally in his support at the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli on Thursday. ?More photos?

TRIPOLI, Libya - A senior secret talks in London with the British authorities decided sons consultant by a COL Muammar el-Qaddafi, said a friend of the aide on Friday, confusion and anxiety add swirling Tripoli regime around the after the defection of a Senior Minister and the departure of an other senior figure to Cairo.

Outside Benghazi, Libya supporters as rocket launcher cheered opposition on Thursday, a day inconclusive fighting in the East to the front in the vicinity of Brega led. ?More photos?

Word was the hidden diplomacy with preparation of the rebels in the East of the country, what seemed another attempt, the dynamics of soil of Colonel Qadhafi fight the country's coastal highway troops along snatch, the setting for the days of see-sawing advances and draws.

Hundreds of rebels that Colonel Qadhafi fall massed about 15 miles east of the oil port of Brega on Friday, steels itself for an advance against the Government forces the city holds after a chaotic retreat from the city on Wednesday.

If the rebels on Friday appeared collected, after failing to forward press in on the day, heavier weapons, including several rocket launchers, although some young men in the cavalcade of pickup trucks and civilian cars unarmed bringing.

It was not immediately clear, such as the military operations on the political and diplomatic relation, of which many on United Kingdom centered - maneuver from allies in the search for Colonel Qadhafi one of the leading coalition makes force. Mohammed Ismail, a senior consultant of Seif al-Islam a Colonel Qadhafi, sons, traveled to London for talks with British officials in recent days, the friend said in London on Friday in exchange for anonymity, brief reporters speak because he has not authorized. The nature and exact timing of the contact was not clear.

The friend said Mr Ismail planned to return to Tripoli after his talks. Word of the possible Overture welter rumor, coincided with one more officials planned to defect. A Foreign Ministry spokesman who spoke in exchange for anonymity see Department specific procedures, said: "we intend no running commentary on our contact Libyan officials are."

On Thursday said British Foreign Secretary William Hague may try he unsettle the Tripoli regime in contact with the most high-profile defector Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, have had days before he fled to London on Wednesday. The fog of surrounding likely defector rumor was always darker than a more senior official, Ali Abdussalam el-Treki, to have defected was reported, denied this.

Mr Treki said in an interview in Cairo on Friday he had not the Egyptian capital of an authorized Mission travelled but not against the Government of Qadhafi has enabled.

"There are people who want to unsubscribe to one side or the other, simply, they want to only on part of this situation," said Mr Treki. "A lot of Libyans think like me." You think our country are to be saved we may this not kill and fight. All fight should be stopped.

He said no one had in Tripoli asked him to arrange a cease-fire and he was still teaching. He gave up direct criticism of Colonel Qadhafi. It has formal reference to the terms, will be looking for the Tripoli could. Speak an official, this week on condition of anonymity of Libyan Foreign Ministry suggested that the solution to the conflict between the Qadhafi Government and the Western powers would be negotiated. The official brushed off a suggestion that Colonel Qadhafi could leave or that he could beat a treaty with the rebels.

British officials have frequently stressed that no defector be granted immunity from prosecution. On Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday called a press conference the withdrawal of Mr Koussa as "br?ckelnden an exciting story about the despair and fear at the top of the Qadhafi regime and rotten."

In the sign of the Assembly, a shootout before dawn broke connection tensions within the capital on Friday in the neighborhood outside Colonel Qadhafi. The shots heard for blocks around the city and two witnesses, speaking on condition of anonymity for their safety, said that she saw "Pools of blood" in the streets, the crews later adjusted triggered.

The reasons for the dispute was unclear. The Gaddafi Government assault rifles armament was civilians around the country with Kalashnikov, and guns are increasingly visible on the streets. In some areas outside the capital as Colonel Qadhafi faithful, the guns seem now "as common as mobile phones," as say a Libyan.

David D. Kirkpatrick reported from Tripoli, C. j. Chivers of Ajdabiya, Libya, and Alan Cowell from Paris. Neil MacFarquhar contributed reporting from Cairo, John F. Burns and Landon Thomas Jr. from London; and Marlise Simons of Paris.

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