[01:17.93]Results have been released from the first elections in Iraq since the departure of US troops in December 2011.
[01:24.66]The provincial polls put the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law coalition in first place in 7 of the 12 provinces that voted last month,
[01:33.39]notably in Baghdad and oil-rich Basra in the South.
[01:36.52]The Sunni dominated Iraqiya bloc suffered poor results picking up no more than three seats in any of the provinces.
[01:43.00]A curfew has been imposed in part of the central Nigeria state of Taraba after 39 people were killed in clashes between Christian and Muslim youths.
[01:52.60]Tensions have been high in the town of Wukari since February when a dispute over a football pitch set off sectarian riots.
[01:59.68]From Lagos Will Ross reports.
[02:01.42]The violence began as a funeral procession was underway for the burial of a traditional ruler.
[02:06.74]The mourners were from the Jukun ethnic group which is predominantly Christian.
[02:11.55]When they were passing through a largely Muslim part of the town, some eyewitnesses said they started chanting provocative slogans and young men fought each other.
[02:20.45]In Wukari, the Jukun and Hausa Fulani communities are in dispute over who are the original inhabitants of the town, and therefore who has the right to own the land.