Calm Prevails in Jos Following Clashes Over a Local Election

(01 Dec 08 - RV) A tense calm prevailed in Jos, Nigeria after rival ethnic and religious gangs burned homes, shops, mosques and churches in two days of fighting triggered by a disputed local election in the city, which lies at the crossroads of Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south. It is the worst unrest in Africa's most populous nation for years, in which as many as 400 people lost their lives. The Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria, John Onaiyekan told us those responsible for the rioting must be brought to justice…