Warring ethnic groups agree to a cease-fire
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Warring ethnic groups in central Nigeria have agreed to end a protracted communal feud that triggered an army massacre of hundreds of civilians last month, officials said. The Tiv and Jukun
peoples agreed to a cease-fire at a Friday peace meeting brokered by the Arewa Consultative Forum, a body of chiefs and other leaders, in the northern city of Kaduna. Residents said soldiers
carried out the massacre to avenge the deaths of 19 comrades sent to help quell the long-running ethnic conflict between the Tiv and the Jukun. MORE TO READ