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More die in communal clashes

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    A number of people were killed at the weekend in clashes sparked by a land dispute between two communities in central Nigeria’s Plateau State, news organisations reported. ‘The Guardian’ of Nigeria reported on Wednesday that seven people died in the clashes over a plot of land between the Bogghom and Taroh communities. Two other newspapers put the death toll at five and 10, AFP reported.

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