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Escalating Farmer-Herder Violence Fuels Political Risk in Nigeria

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  • 37 cattle shot dead in latest Plateau State clash
  • Rising insecurity heightens fears of broader conflict

Abuja, Nigeria – Escalating violence between nomadic herders and crop farmers across Nigeria’s central region is sharply raising political risk in Africa’s most populous country, with some warning it could even spiral into civil war.

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