Troops return uneasy calm to Africa's largest city

Security forces have restored an uneasy calm to Lagos after three days of ethnic rioting that left at least 100 people dead and sent thousands fleeing.

Security forces have restored an uneasy calm to Lagos after three days of ethnic rioting that left at least 100 people dead and sent thousands fleeing.

Residents in two districts, where fighting between the Yoruba and Hausa tribes began, were ordered to walk through the streets with their hands above their head as a precaution.

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