Thirty people killed in latest herder violence in Nigeria’s Plateau State | Conflict News

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Intercommunal violence is common in the state due to tensions over land between nomadic herders and indigenous farmers.

At least 30 people have been killed in renewed violence in Nigeria’s central Plateau State, where clashes between Muslim herders and Christian farming communities have erupted for years, a community organisation and an aid group source said on Thursday.

Despite a 24-hour curfew imposed on Tuesday in Plateau’s Mangu local district, schools, places of worship, and homes have been burned and ransacked in more attacks, community leaders said.

The Mwaghavul Development…



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