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Three die in boundary dispute between states

    ABIDJAN

    At least three people were killed and several injured late last week in a clash between two communities in the Niger Delta in south-eastern Nigeria, 'The Guardian' reported on Saturday.

    The conflict between communities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom is over ownership of an area on the border between the two states. On Monday Vice President Atkiu Abubakar was scheduled to host a meeting in Abuja with the governors of the two states with a view to helping them end the dispute.

    Competition for resources and the climate of mistrust it sometimes creates are seen as a major factor in the conflicts that have pitted ethnic communities against each other in Nigeria.

    [See separate item titled 'NIGERIA: IRIN Focus on conflict in the Niger Delta']

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