Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-04-22-Speech-4-274"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nigeria2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040422.11.4-274"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-22-Speech-4-2752
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne André-léonard2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti réformateur libéral/Front démocratique des francophones (2003-06-16--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2003-09-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2003-06-16--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Nigeria, the largest African country with 120 million inhabitants, seems to be under permanent threat of implosion. This oil-producing country where the extreme wealth of a tiny minority contrasts with the extreme poverty of the population, is once again the scene of religious confrontations which, last month, caused 20 deaths when a village was attacked in the state of Plateau, a state principally inhabited by Christians. For a long time, this region has been plunged into a genuine conflict between Islamic and Christian fundamentalists. It is a conflict that has already killed more than 100 people in the region since February. These sad events once again show that poverty and the social divide, added together, constitute the ideal breeding ground for all fundamentalists. Today, Sharia law is practised in 11 northern states out of the 36 states of the Nigerian Federation. In order to react to the Islamic threat, governors of the South, where animists and Christians are in the majority, have created a forum for the Southern states. There are reports that in all areas, including in the institutions, mechanisms that could lead to a new explosion in the country are being put in place. Today, faced with this spiral of violence affecting a battered population, we are anxious strongly to condemn any type of intolerance and religious violence. Since 1999, thousands of people have perished following inter-community confrontations. At the time, the detonator had been the introduction of Sharia law in several northern states. We are therefore calling on the Nigerian Government to take the necessary measures and find a practical solution designed to bring this ethnic and religious violence to an end as soon as possible. We hope, moreover, that this will not just be one more debate in our institution."@en1

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