Sectarian Violence Flares Again in Northern Nigeria

Mission Network News is reporting that tensions are rising again in Nigeria.  

Nigeria (MNN) ? Clashes with Taliban-style militants in Nigeria have claimed over 300 lives in the past four days. Efforts are being made to  try to keep sectarian violence from spreading in the country's northern states. 
On July 26, Islamists attacked police stations in the northeastern state of Bauchi. The unrest then spread to neighboring Yobe and Borno states. Fighting has also been reported in Katsina and Kano states. Christians across the 12 sharia-governed states of northern Nigeria are holding their breath.

It's a tinderbox situation. Jacob Kramer with Christian Reformed World Relief Committee says, "It raises the level of tension between tribes, particularly between the two main religions in Nigeria: Muslims and Christians."  MORE