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Maiduguri Maitatsine violence adds another northern flashpoint

Maiduguri also experienced Maitatsine violence in 1982.

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1982

Maiduguri Maitatsine violence adds another northern flashpoint

Maiduguri also experienced Maitatsine violence in 1982.

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Maiduguri also experienced Maitatsine violence in 1982. The episode became part of a longer pattern of urban religious unrest in northern Nigeria.

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