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IDS
Nigeria’s Plateau State has been the scene of inter-community violence since the 1990s, involving several clashes in the city of Jos that took many lives within a matter of days. Between 1997 and 2014 different Commissions of Inquiry (COIs) were established to investigate specific episodes of violence and come up with recommendations to resolve the violence. Recommendations were rarely, if at all, followed. Specifically, the recommendation to the government to investigate and prosecute perpetrators and instigators of violence has not been implemented.