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Warring communities reach truce

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    Two warring communities have agreed to a truce after a peace meeting with senior government officials, AFP quoted their leaders as saying on Friday.

    The leaders of the Ife and Modakeke communities were speaking after a meeting with Governor Bisi Akande of Osun State in Osogbo, the state capital, about 230 km southwest of Lagos.

    At least 60 people from the two communities are believed to have died in clashes over land rights during the past two weeks.

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