More than 100 dead in Nigeria clashes, thousands displaced
Fulani women sit together in the Fulani village of Luggere, in the Barkin Ladi area in Plateau State on June 29, 2018. Plateau State has seen days of violence in the past.
The death toll from attacks by gunmen on farming villages in and around the district of Mangu since the start of the week has passed the 100 mark, after earlier reports said 85 people were killed, a local official said
Violence across Nigeria has been on the rise in the last few weeks after a brief calm period during the February presidential and March state elections.
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More than 100 people in central Nigeria have died in several days of intercommunal violence that have destroyed hundreds of homes and caused thousands to flee, local officials said on Friday.