BY WILL CONNORS
ABUJA, Nigeria—Hundreds of protesters rallied Wednesday in this country's capital, piling political pressure on a government that is already reeling from a leadership shakeup and deadly violence in a nearby city.
The demonstrations in the Nigerian capital of Abuja took aim at the country's absentee president, Umaru Yar'Adua, and voiced frustration at what is seen as a leadership vacuum in Africa's most populous country. Nigeria, also a major oil exporter, has been engulfed in a series of crises, from militant attacks on pipelines to Sunday's slaughter, in which Muslims allegedly killed hundreds of Christian, in villages outside the city of ...
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