Ethnic conflicts involving the Fulani people of West Africa
Ethnic conflicts involving the Fulani people (also known as Fula) occur in West Africa, primarily in Nigeria, but also in Mali, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic, due to conflicts over land and culture.[1][2] The death count for each attack is small, although the cumulative death count is in the thousands.[1]
followed by government buildings, businesses and religious institutions. Fulaniextremism has had much influence in Mali. In 2012, the Malian government was...
Fulaniextremism refers to violence by an ethnic group, the Fulani (also known as Fula or Fulɓe) against neighboring farmers of various ethnicities. Nigeria...
the rise of Chrislam, particularly in Lagos State. Fula Christians Fulaniextremism in Nigeria Janson, Marloes (November 2016). "Unity Through Diversity:...
21 civilians, including 13 children, by Cameroonian soldiers and armed Fulani militia. On 14 February 2020, six Cameroonian soldiers, accompanied by armed...
individuals owning land and the commercialisation of land began. Hausa Fulani Nigerian women, wearing traditional clothing Nigerians shopping in a mall...
resources across Nigeria between the mostly-Muslim Fulani herders and the mostly-Christian non-Fulani farmers. The conflicts have been especially prominent...
Songhai Empire, and the Hausa Kingdoms. The Sokoto Caliphate, founded by Fulani Islamic scholar Usman dan Fodio, dominated northern Nigeria throughout the...
resources across Nigeria between the mostly-Muslim Fulani herders and the mostly-Christian non-Fulani farmers. The conflicts have been especially prominent...
first known use of the word mujahideen to refer to insurgent Islamic extremism (what has neologically been called jihadism) was supposedly in the late...
abductions were carried out by criminal gangs, consisting mostly of former Fulani herders who wanted to take revenge against others through the kidnapping...
routes — accompanied traders on their journeys. The Hausa Mande and the Fulani, a traditionally nomadic group, traveled all over West Africa, taking their...
alleging to have captured six vehicles and losing four soldiers. Two Arabs, a Fulani, and a Tuareg were killed within their ranks, according to the group. A...
Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. The killings have been referred to as a silent...
religion. Some of the major ethnic groups include the Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Fulani, Kanuri, Ijaw, Tiv, and Edo. The religions practised by these groups include...
"Violent Extremism in the Sahel". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 16 August 2023. "Sahel". Crisis Group. Retrieved 23 June 2019. "Violent Extremism in...
Amadou Diallo, also spelled Hamadoun Kouffa or Amadou Kouffa is a Malian Fulani jihadist and preacher who founded Katiba Macina, later part of Jama'at Nasr...
Muhajir-inspired text in his book, Terrorism, Political Violence, and Extremism. He assesses that jihadists regard their actions as being "for the greater...
Publishing Group. p. 598. ISBN 0-8264-4910-7. Mudde, Cas (2005). Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 34. ISBN 0-415-35594-X. Cook...
Deputy-Gorvenor of the state. The major ethnic groups living in Yobe state are the Fulani, Karai-karai and Kanuri, while other ethnic communities include Bolewa,...
between 1965 and 1975. Shekau was an ethnic Kanuri, and also spoke Hausa, Fulani, Arabic, and English. He was said to have had a photographic memory. In...
detonated the explosives at the army headquarters, identifying him as Yunus al-Fulani. On 7 March, eight people were arrested in connection to the attack including...
several attacks by gunmen killed at least 160 and injured at least 55 Muslim Fulani herdsmen, because of the allegations that the villagers were involved in...
married to a Fulani man. Hawa’u, also known as Gurgunya (Lame Woman) is Sarkin Filani's sister and married to Kure. Inna (Mother in Fulani), also called...
to the 11th century. Through a series of conflicts, primarily with the Fulani jihad states, about half of the Senegambian Mandinka were converted to Islam...
17 million members. The largest ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Hausa-Fulani, the Yoruba, and the Igbo. Before the British colonization (1884), there...
interprets Islam as a religion of progress and development, standing against extremism. A united Mauritanian national identity based on its Arab and African...
previous year. Ethnic conflict between Daoussahak Tuaregs and predominantly-Fulani ISGS members also exacerbated tensions between the MSA and ISGS. At the...
especially the rise of Boko Haram, Niger Delta militants and recently the Fulani herdsmen attack. Nkemdirim said the first step will be to set up an Intelligence...
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