Africa: Militant Herdsmen Now Africa's Worst Killer Sect

Abuja — ARMED nomadic herdsmen have overtaken the Boko Haram terror group as the deadliest sect in the continent.

The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations disclosed the record in the wake of the killing of more than 1 000 people and displacement of about 300 000 people, mainly farmers, by the herders during inter-community clashes this year.

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