Tag: Fulani
Twenty killed in Mali village attack
At least 20 people were found dead after an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali, where communal violence is common, government said.
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Fulani village attack leaves 23 dead
At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after an attack on a Fulani herders’ village in central Mali where communal violence surged...
At least 95 killed in Mali village attack
Attackers believed to be Fulani raided a rival Dogon village in central Mali, killing at least 95 people and burning houses to the ground,...
Mali herder death toll now 157
The death toll from Saturday’s attack by unknown gunmen on villagers in central Mali has risen to 157, a government spokesman said, confirming it...
Fulani targeted in Mali attack
Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali, a local mayor said, the deadliest attack of recent times in a region reeling...
Clashes over land and water leave more than 30 dead in...
Gunmen on motorcycles killed more than 30 Tuareg civilians in northern Mali where clashes over land and scarce water are common, an official said.
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Civilians die in Mali ethnic violence
Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives last year, government said.
Violence between Fulani and...
Ongoing violence in Mali
Gunmen on motorbikes killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water are common, an...
Mali village attacked, 15 dead
Fifteen civilians from the Fulani community were killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group attacked their village in central Mali, a regional...
Tuaregs killed in clash with Fulanis
At least 15 Tuaregs were killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group attacked their village in northern Mali, local authorities...
Grazing violence in Nigeria is bigger killer than thought
Violence in Nigeria between semi-nomadic cattle herders and settled farmers killed around six times more people than deaths related to the Boko...
France wants Mali to react strongly after killings
Malian authorities must react strongly after at least 16 Fulani herders were killed in suspected ethnic clashes, France's foreign ministry said as...
Ethnic clashes in Mali leave 16 dead
At least 16 Fulani herders were killed in suspected ethnic clashes in central Mali, government and local sources said, underscoring the chronic...
More than 20 left dead after clashes in Nigeria
More than 20 people died in clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, police said, part of an outbreak of violence...
Buhari denies cattle grazing plan is “colonisation”
Nigeria's president denied government proposals to share land to end a wave of violence over grazing rights amounted to "colonisation" of fertile...
Buhari vows punishment for those behind ethnic violence
Nigeria will punish those behind an outbreak of deadly clashes between cattle herders and farmers, President Muhammadu Buhari said pushing back at...
Mass burial for victims of Nigerian communal violence
Seventy-three people killed since the start of the year in communal violence between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers were buried in Nigeria on...
Nigeria violence claims 71 lives
A total of 71 people were killed in a week of violence in Nigeria's Benue state, a government spokesman said, much of...
The fight for fertile land
For generations, Fulani herdsmen have roamed North Africa, grazing their animals. In the 60 years of post-colonial Africa, life for the herdsmen,...
Ethnic clashes in Mali leave 13 dead
At least 13 people were killed in central Mali at the weekend in inter-ethnic clashes between Fulanis and Bambaras, the interior ministry...