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People holding wooden and metal sticks demonstrate in Nigeria's northern city of Kano where running battles broke out between protesters and soldiers on April 18, 2011 as President Goodluck Jonathan headed for an election win. Protesting youths challenged soldiers deployed to the streets, who sought to push them back. (AFP)
Authorities say at least 61 people have died in northeast Nigeria over several days of fighting between security forces and members of a Muslim sect.
Police, military and mortuary officials in Borno and Yobe states said on Saturday that the deaths come amid a series of attacks suspected to be carried out by the sect known as Boko Haram.
The fighting began on Thursday, with gunshots and explosions echoing through the cities of Damaturu and Maiduguri.
Boko Haram has carried out an increasingly bloody sectarian fight against Nigeria's weak central government in its effort to implement strict Shariah law in Africa's most populous nation.
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