A view shows an IDP camp housing families, who escaped violence between herders and farming communities, in Daudu, on the outskirts of Makurdi, Nigeria November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotundi
MAKURDI, Nigeria - A Reuters analysis of land use data shows how a massive expansion of farming in Nigeria's Middle Belt has cut access to grazing land for nomadic herders and fuelled persistent violence.
If the coming dry season in Nigeria follows the pattern of previous years, violence will soon erupt between herders in search of water for their cattle and farmers determined to protect their land.
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