Morgues overflow after riots in Nigeria

RELIGIOUS anger was mounting in Nigeria after two days of rioting between Muslims and Christians in the northern city of Kano left morgues overflowing and thousands homeless.

Fighting first erupted in Kano on Tuesday when Muslim mobs targeted the city's Christian minority in revenge for an attack earlier this month, in which a Christian militia killed at least 200 residents of a Muslim market town.

Police launched an uncompromising crackdown, firing live rounds as they battled to quell the protests, but, by yesterday, the fighting appeared to have abated, although tensions in the city were still close to boiling point.