Nigeria: Jos Violence Revisited

Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan dispatched troops to the state of Plateau on Jan. 19 to quell Muslim-Christian clashes in the state's capital city of Jos. Muslim-Christian tensions are not unusual in Jos, and Jonathan has acted quickly to prevent the conflict from spreading into a larger one, both within Plateau state, but also within Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party, which has been racked by an internal dispute over the vice president's authority to govern in President Umaru Yaradua's absence.