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U.K. report on Nigeria's religious violence skirts around the word 'genocide'
U.K. report on Nigeria's religious violence skirts around the word 'genocide'

(ANALYSIS) Nigerian diaspora academics discussed the findings of a U.K. government report on July 6, concluding that several factors like water scarcity are affecting violence in Northern Nigeria, complicating a designation of genocide. Many acts of violence carried out by Boko Haram against Christians bear Quranic punishments for so-called infidels, and the Nigerian army is struggling to contain the violence.

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