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From Our Own Correspondent

Terror in Northern Nigeria

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2012

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Will Ross on the bloodshed in Northern Nigeria;Theopi Skarlatos on why Golden Dawn is becoming Greece's worse nightmare;Anu Anand vents her frustrations about shambolic India - business is booming but what about power cuts and burst balloons? Also privileged Princeton - Dave Edmonds explains why so many alumnae are happy to donate billions to one of the world's richest universities. And Joanna Robertson tells us why the French Prime Minister reminds people of a small chocolate covered bear.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to a download from the BBC, this is from our own correspondent.

0:04.6

You can hear the version of the program we make for the BBC World Service by visiting our site

0:08.9

at BBC online.

0:10.8

But here's the latest edition broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and introduced by Kate Adi.

0:16.0

Good morning. Today censorship fear and fascism.

0:20.0

We hear why Golden Dawn is becoming Greece's worst nightmare.

0:24.0

Shambolic India, business is booming, but what about par cuts and burst balloons?

0:29.0

We ask of privileged Princeton, why donate billions to one of the world's richest

0:34.5

universities and we find out why the French Prime Minister reminds people of a small

0:39.6

chocolate-covered bear. In the past few years the militant Islamic sect Boca Haram has spread terror across northern Nigeria.

0:49.0

In the north there's a large Muslim majority, whereas the South is mostly populated by Christians

0:55.2

and animists.

0:56.9

The group whose name means Western education is forbidden, is fighting to overthrow the government

1:02.4

and establish an Islamic State.

1:04.4

It's attempted to enforce Sharia law in several regions and attack churches.

1:09.4

Amnesty International says Nigeria's security forces are using the wrong methods to combat the group and are only worsening the conflict.

1:18.8

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed since 2009.

1:22.4

Kaduna, a town on the dividing line, is a people have been killed since 2009.

1:22.8

Kaduna, a town on the dividing line,

1:24.8

is a place where many have sought refuge

1:26.8

from violence in other parts of northern Nigeria.

1:30.0

But as Will Ross discovered, it's not much of a sanctuary.

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