Unidentified gunmen killed at least 21 farmers and wounded several others in a weekend attack in Nigeria's restive Plateau state,
Unidentified gunmen killed at least 21 farmers and wounded several others in a weekend attack in Nigeria's restive Plateau state, authorities and local residents told AFP on Monday.
Rural areas in Plateau, in central Nigeria, see recurring violence between mostly Christian farmers and semi-nomadic Muslim herders, often over dwindling land under pressure from climate change and expanding populations.
Weak policing and impunity for killings often spark indiscriminate reprisals along communal lines in the religiously mixed state.
Illegal mining and accusations of land grabbing are also known to add to tensions over land access.
