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NIGERIA
Renewed clashes between Muslims and Christians
At least five people were killed and churches and mosques set ablaze in the eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi on Saturday, close to where clashes between religious gangs killed hundreds of people last November.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Rebels deny involvement in presidential palace attack
Gunmen attacked the presidential palace in Equatorial Guinea but were defeated by security forces, government sources said, blaming the attack on "rebel terrorists" from the Niger Delta. The region's main militant group has denied involvement.
NIGERIA
KBR pleads guilty in bribery probe
Kellogg Brown & Root, a former unit of US conglomerate Halliburton, pleaded guilty in connection with a probe into charges that the company bribed Nigerian officials to win contracts and agreed to pay $579 million in fines, US officials said.
NIGERIA
Nine hostages freed from seized French ship
Nine hostages on a French ship seized by pirates offshore from Nigeria have now been freed, according to Bourbon, the owner of the vessel. Terms of the release were not communicated, but all hostages are in good health.
PIRACY
Nine held hostage after seizure of French ship
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria have seized a ship belonging to Bourbon, a French maritime services company, and are holding nine crew members hostage, the company said in a statement Monday.
NIGERIA
Troops kill three gunmen after attack on oil facility
Military sources say three gunmen were killed and at least four were wounded and captured in a gun battle with soldiers who were guarding an oil flow station operated by Italy's Agip oil company.
NIGERIA
Gunmen attack oil ships in Nigeria, kidnap Russians
Gunmen in speedboats attacked three oil services ships and kidnapped at least two Russians in separate incidents in Nigeria's Niger Delta, near crude oil facilities operated by Canada's Addax Petroleum.
12/12/2008 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Sectarian violence rocks Jos in Nigeria

In this edition: a closer look at the cholera crisis in Zimbabwe, sectarian violence leaves more than 200 dead in the central city of Jos, Nigeria, and the end of the Kufuor era in Ghana as the country votes for a new president Sunday.
NIGERIA
Rioters storm mosque as officials appeal for calm
An estimated 2,000 youths stormed a mosque in the city of Jos even as officials appealed for an end to the religious violence between Christians and Muslims that has already killed hundreds.
NIGERIA
Kidnapped oil workers are released
Armed Nigerian group MEND has announced the release of one Ukranian and three Nigerian oil workers taken captive in September. Nineteen hostages had already been released in early October. Two Britons remain in their custody.
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