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Over time the periodic clashes between herders and farmers in Northern and North-Central Nigeria have precipitated a general climate of insecurity. This widespread insecurity both allows for and is perpetuated by acts of broader criminality , in which gangs of bandits target locations in the area for raids, mass kidnappings, and looting.
By Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The violent conflicts between farmers and semi-nomadic herders in Nigeria that left dozens of people dead over the weekend illustrate the ...
The Ruga policy (lit. ' human settlement policy ') is a Nigerian policy intended to reduce herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria.Introduced by the Buhari presidency, it is aimed at resolving the conflict between nomadic Fulani herdsmen and sedentary farmers. [1]
Currently, the conflict between Fulani herders and other Nigerian farmers have intensified. [29] From 2011 to 2016, roughly 2,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced. This is partly due to the rise of jihadist groups, such as Boko Haram. Their presence has jeopardized many herders and farmers that graze in Northern ...
Hassan Ya'u, a 42-year-old maize and sesame seed farmer in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, was tending to his crops early this month when dozens of armed men on motorcycles rode towards his plot ...
The United States urged Nigerian authorities on Friday to investigate an air strike that Reuters reported killed dozens of cattle herders earlier this year and highlighted a pattern of deadly ...
Fighting between (mostly Christian) farmers and Fulani herders in Central and North-West Nigeria over access to resources has been going on for several decades. Most of the violence takes place in the form of attacks on villages by Fulani herders, sometimes as reprisals for attacks by anti-Fulani vigilantes.
Thomas Tyavwva Maji - like many other rice farmers and millers - is struggling to take advantage of rising prices in Nigeria. He's planting more rice than ever but a lack of machinery or ...