Communal conflicts in Nigeria
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| Communal conflicts in Nigeria | |||||||
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| Part of the Religious violence in Nigeria | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Tiv Tarok Ologba Egba |
Hausa (mainly Muslim) Fulani (mainly Muslim) Tarok (Christian) Yoruba (mixed religion) Igbo (Christian) Kataf (Christian) Yugur (mixed, with Christian and traditional beliefs) |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 16,000+ people [1][2] | |||||||
The Communal conflicts in Nigeria began in 1998.
It groups two types of conflicts:[3]
- Communal fatalities are those attributed to actors primarily divided by cultural, ethnic, or religious communities and identities.
- Herder-Farmer fatalities are those attributed to herders (in particular the Fulani or Hausa) or farmers (in particular the Tiv or Tarok), typically involving disputes over land and/or cattle.
The most impacted states are Benue, Taraba and Plateau.[4]
Violence has reached two peaks in 2004 and 2011 with around 2000 fatalities those years.[5] It resulted in more than 700 fatalities in 2015.[2]
See also[edit]
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External links[edit]
- Communal conflicts in Nigeria
- Nigeria Security Tracker
- ACLED Data
- Stop this massacre, Agatu Community begs NSA, IG
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