The riots began after meeting the results that gave the winner of Saturday's presidential elections to Goodluck Jonathan, declared the winner on Monday night against his rival, Muhammadu Buhari. The electoral process, according to observers, seemed on the whole more honest and transparent than its predecessors in Nigeria. United States on Tuesday congratulated Jonathan on his victory and asked to respect the results. Goodluck Jonathan is a Christian native of the Niger Delta in the south, and was reelected. Followers of his rival, former military leader Muhammadu Buhari, burned churches and homes of officials from the Popular Democratic Party at the news Jonathan. Buhari's supporters are particularly strong in the north. Nigeria is divided between a Muslim north and the southern, predominantly Christian. In recent years, clashes between Christian and Muslim communities were common in Nigeria. POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE Over 200 people died in the post-election unrest in Nigeria. "Throughout the region, according to information from the Civil Rights Congress, the death toll is over 200," Shehu Sani told AFP, head of the organization, who refers to incidents especially northern Nigeria, poor region muslmana. The figures were developed based on data compiled by members of the organization and its partners ... The post-election violence presidential northern Nigeria forced to flee to tens of thousands of people, many of them Christians who fear for their lives in the north, mostly Muslim. Only the first 24 hours the number of refugees increased from 16,000 to 48,000, said spokesman told the BBC. Sources: AP EFE, 2011 Digital Protestant Get all the news in your email here Enter your email email: 
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