37 dead as herdsmen, farmers clash

Chadian President Deby addresses a news conference at the close of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa

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Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno: Worried by herdsmen, farmers’ clashes

At least 37 people have been killed amid fresh inter-communal clashes in northeast Chad between farmers and camel herders, President Idriss Deby Itno said on Friday.

Speaking to reporters in the capital N’Djamena, Idriss Deby said inter-communal conflict had become a “national concern”.

“Three days ago, 37 Chadians were killed in Ouaddai [region] as a result of inter-communal conflicts,” he said, according to the local Alwihda Info news website.

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In May, dozens of people were killed and wounded amid clashes in the country’s eastern Sila province between Arab herders and Ouaddai farmers, according to Chadian news reports.

Ouaddai is a strategic region located on the borders with Sudan.

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