Dokument #1293566
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No references to a Aba Youth Movement could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Violent clashes occurred in Aba on 28 February 2000 as Igbo youth, who believed that most of the 200 victims of earlier Muslim and Christian confrontations in the northern state of Kaduna were Igbos, sought revenge by attacking Muslim Hausas and setting fire to their property (PANA 29 Feb. 2000; DPA 29 Feb. 2000; AFP 29 Feb. 2000).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 29 February
2000. "Bodies Litter Streets in Southern Nigerian Town."
(NEXIS)
Deutsche-Presse Agentur (DPA). 29
February 2000. Hendrik Groth. "Nigerian Religious Unrest Conjures
Up Spectre of Civil War." (NEXIS)
Panafrican News Agency (PANA). 29
February 2000. Paul Ejime. "Nigeria: Religious Riots Spread to
South-eastern Nigeria." (Africa News/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential
Africa Research Bulletin
IRB databases
Resource Centre Country Files :
Nigeria
Internet sources including:
Africa Online
AllAfrica.com. Search facility
Amnesty International. Search
facility
Newswatch [Lagos]. Search
facility
Nigeria Media Monitor [Lagos].
Archives
The Post Express [Lagos].
Search facility
Relief web. Search facility
The Vanguard Daily [Lagos].
Search facility
World News Connection (WNC)