Oxfam staff in Jos, Nigeria, have reported that the situation in the city remains very serious. Francis Ayinzat, an Oxfam Programme Coordinator for Oxfam, who left the city yesterday, said:

"Thousands of people have fled to take shelter in places such as military bases. In one barrack two thousand

people are sleeping on the floor with no basic facilities. Most of the shops are closed and the price of food is increasing dramatically.  Water could soon run out as no one is manning the pumping stations.  As I left this afternoon, I heard gunshots and I haven't heard from members of my family who fled their homes on Friday."

The pictures below show some of the devastation left behind by rioting over the weekend.

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