Twenty-two people were killed on Saturday in clashes between farmers and herders 200 km east of the capital N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, a country plagued by deadly conflicts between these communities, local authorities announced on Sunday. .
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The conflict started with a land problem between the two communities, some want to settle and others are preventing them from doing so. The conflict opposes the Boulala, sedentary farmers, to the Arabs, nomadic herders
”in the village of Zohana, Amina Kodjiana, governor of the province of Hadjer-Lamis, in central Chad, told AFP.