Communal conflicts in Nigeria | ||||||||
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![]() Map of the 36 States of Nigeria | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Adara, Berom, Jukun, Tiv and Tarok farmers |
Fulani and Hausa herders | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Casualties and losses | ||||||||
16,000+ people killed since 1998[1][2] |
Communal conflicts in Nigeria[3] can be divided into two broad categories:[4][dubious – discuss]
The most impacted states are those of the Nigerian Middle Belt like Benue, Taraba and Plateau.[8][9][10][11] Violence has reached two peaks in 2004 and 2011 with around 2,000 fatalities those years.[12][13] It resulted in more than 700 fatalities in 2015 alone.[2][14][15][16]