At least 22 people were killed in southern Chad, Friday, following ethnic violence acts between nomadic herders and the sedentary farmers, according to a Chadian government spokesman.
A curfew was imposed in the Kabiya area, where fighting broke out and 66 people were arrested in the wake of the incident, which occurred on Monday and Tuesday, minister and government spokesman Cherif Mahamat Zene told AFP.
“The clashes left 11 killed on each side , some hit with arrows , and a further 34 injured,” Zene stated. “Several villages on both sides were set on fire.”
It is noteworthy that the confrontation erupted despite local mediation efforts on Monday.
The tensions have escalated between settled indigenous farmers and nomadic Arab herders in the arid Sahel for years.
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