Nigeria: How Nigerian Govt's Failures Fuel Farmers, Herders Conflict Causing Nearly 4,000 Deaths - Amnesty International

17 December 2018
press release

The Nigerian authorities' failure to investigate communal clashes and bring perpetrators to justice has fuelled a bloody escalation in the conflict between farmers and herders across the country, resulting in at least 3,641 deaths in the past three years and the displacement of thousands more, Amnesty International revealed today.

In a new report, "Harvest of Death: Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders", Amnesty International found that 57 per cent of the 3,641 recorded deaths occurred in 2018.

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