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Kafanchan under curfew

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    The government of Kaduna State on Monday imposed a curfew in the northern town of Kafanchan, where at least 150 people were estimated to have died in communal violence at the weekend, `The Guardian' newspaper reported on Tuesday.

    An uneasy calm settled over the town on Monday as residents stayed indoors and armed police patrolled the city's precincts. The newspaper reported that scores of vehicles and public buildings were burnt down, including the emir's palace.

    Saturday's fighting occurred when indigenes from southern Kaduna resisted the inauguration of the new emir of Jemma, near Kafanchan, by the Hausa ethnic group. The indigenes said the emirate was a Hausa cultural imposition on their community.

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