Nigeria: Violence in Nigeria's North West - Rolling Back the Mayhem – AuthenticAfrican

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[allAfrica] The executive summary of a report by the International Crisis Group on the conflicts in north-west Nigeria, which - the report says - are a result of long-running competition over land and water resources, amplified by factors such as climate change, policies favoring farmers over herders, high population growth and a boom in the trade of small arms and light weapons.