At least 22 people have been killed in
southern Chad in the latest instance of deadly ethnic
violence between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers, the
communications minister said Friday.
A curfew was imposed in the Kabbia region where the fighting
took place and 66 people were arrested following the incident on
Monday and Tuesday, minister and government spokesman Cherif
Mahamat Zene told AFP.
The trigger for the violence was cattle theft, sparked by the
animals trampling farmers’ fields, another official said.
The clashes left 11 dead on each side — some hit with arrows —
and a further 34 injured, the government spokesman said.
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“Several villages on both sides were set on fire,” he added.
The confrontation began despite the local prefect’s mediation
efforts on Monday.
Tensions between indigenous settled farmers and nomadic Arab
herders in the arid Sahel have simmered for years, occasionally
erupting into deadly clashes.
Most of the violence follows a similar script: herders,
sometimes crossing the border from Sudan, drive their stock on to
farmers’ fields, damaging crops and sparking a confrontation
between the communities.
AFP
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