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Nigeria women protest at Jos killings

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Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and the central city of Jos in rallies against Sunday's massacre near Jos.
The women, mostly dressed in black, demanded that the government protect women and children better.
At least 109 people were killed in the ethnic clashes near Jos. Many were said to be women and children.
Survivors have told the BBC how they saw relatives and friends hacked down with machetes and their bodies burnt.
Witnesses and officials say the perpetrators came from the mainly Muslim Fulani group. Most of the victims were Christians from the Berom group.
The attacks appear to be retaliation for violence in the villages around Jos in January, when most of the victims were said to be Muslim.
The women in Jos carried placards proclaiming: "Stop killing our future; Bloodshed in the Plateau [State] must stop."
They marched carrying Bibles, wooden crosses or branches of mango trees, chanting: "No more soldiers."
Christian pastor Esther Ebanga told the crowds of women: "Enough is enough."
"All we are asking is that our children and women should not be killed any more. We demand justice," the AFP news agency quoted her as saying.


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