NewzVille International
In Nigeria, at least 13 people were killed when gunmen attacked a university community in central Plateau state on Sunday night. This is the latest violence in a region long plagued by deadly farmer-herder conflicts.
Violence in central Nigeria, also known as Middle Belt, is often painted as ethno-religious between mainly Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers.
But many experts and politicians say climate change and expanding agriculture are creating competition for land, leading to conflict, regardless of faith or ethnicity.
Residents said the gunmen arrived in the Gari Ya Waye community of Angwan Rukuba district and shot at people indiscriminately.
The Plateau state govt said the gunmen were unknown and imposed a 48-hour curfew in the district. The University of Jos suspended examinations due to start on Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump last November redesignated Nigeria a country of particular concern saying Christians were being targeted and authorities were failing to protect them, which the Nigerian govt denies.
