{"id":9106,"date":"2018-03-18T19:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T01:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9106"},"modified":"2018-03-18T19:59:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T01:59:26","slug":"fulani-people-take-to-streets-in-mali-after-intercommunal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/fulani-people-take-to-streets-in-mali-after-intercommunal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulani people take to streets in Mali\u00a0after intercommunal clash"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 25 people have died in a recent wave of violence between the Peul and Dogon communities in central Mali over the past week, said Tuesday an official of the country\u2019s main Fulani association.<\/p>\n
For over two years, there has been an upsurge in violence in central Mali between Fulani, traditionally breeders, and the Bambara and Dogon ethnic groups, mainly engaged in agriculture.<\/p>\n
The violence between nomads of Fulani descent and farmers of Dogon descent was sparked by Fulanis grazing their cattle in Dogon-majority areas.<\/p>\n