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Nigerian villagers missing two days after suspected nomadic herders kill 140

Nigerian villagers missing two days after suspected nomadic herders kill 140

NIGERIAN mother-of-three Grace Godwin was preparing food on Christmas Eve when her husband burst into the kitchen and ordered her and the children to run and take cover in the bush after gunmen were spotted in a nearby village. Soon they heard gunfire, starting an hours-long attack by suspected nomadic herders who rampaged through 15 villages in central Plateau state on Sunday, killing at least 140 people with guns and machetes, officials, police and residents said. It was the bloodiest violence since 2018 when more than 200 people were killed in Nigeria's central region where clashes between herders and farmers…
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Nigerian villagers seek safety in Niger

Nigerian villagers seek safety in Niger

ONLY a few days into 2021, gunmen attacked Rambadawa, in northern Nigeria, to loot the village and steal cattle. "I was on my way home when I came face to face with the bandits," says Abdoulaye. "They said: ‘If you move, you're dead!' I barely moved a foot and they shot me in the leg." Abdoulaye fell to the ground, but somehow managed to reach a house to hide out. When the attackers left, two villagers were dead. Aisha, Abdoulaye's heavily pregnant sister-in-law, was at home when she heard gunshots. "They were firing in all directions, people were fleeing for…
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