Nigeria Herder-Farmer Violence Kills 1,000 This Year, Group Says
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Intensifying conflict between herders and farmers in central Nigeria has killed more than 1,000 people since December, Human Rights Watch said.
“Communal violence, stoked by competition between local farming communities and nomadic herdsmen, has plagued this region for many years and is spreading to other states in northern Nigeria,” the New York-based group said today in an e-mailed statement.