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Nigeria's 12 Million Fulani Demand Land Rights

Twelve million Fulani herdsmen who are at the centre of increasingly violent clashes with farmers over grazing land, are now demanding land rights for themselves.

  • Nigeria:   Fulani Herdsmen Demand Land Rights

    Leadership, 8 September 2012

    Apparently fed up with the incessant clashes involving them and farmers over grazing areas, some 12 million Fulani cattlemen have stated that their right to fend for themselves and… Read more »

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Fulani herdsman.

Daily Trust

Fulani in Plateau abandoned camp.

  • Nigeria:   Wrong Signals From the Plateau

    Daily Trust, 20 July 2012

    Fire can easily be extinguished when it is a flickering flame. It could then be blown out orally or quenched by a flutter of a hand. But if ignored or abandoned it will rapidly… Read more »

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