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Nigerian separatists demand 'justice' for detained leader | News24

A group seeking a separate homeland for the ethnic Igbo people of Nigeria's southeast demanded 'justice and fair hearing' on Wednesday, after their leader Nnamdi Kanu was detained.

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African nationalism

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