‘We Are Being Driven From the land.’ Nigerian Village Buries Its Dead After a Massacre

‘We are being driven from the land.’ Nigerian village buries its dead after a massacre

Villagers scrub streaks of blood from the walls of brick huts and barns. Others still search through torched sacks of crops, clothes and scattered belongings, to salvage what they can, weeks after a massacre.Last month, dozens of attackers stormed the farming village of Yelwata in Benue state — Nigeria’s fertile “breadbasket” — killing at least 160 people. Armed with rifles, machetes and fuel, they struck as families slept. The assault, one of t…

'We are being driven from the land' - after a massacre, a Nigerian village buries its dead

Another deadly overnight raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors in Benue State say it's part of a brutal campaign to drive Christian farming communities from their land. NPR reports from Yelwata, where residents are still counting the dead.(Image credit: Marvellous Durowaiye)

Nigerian Defence Chief, General Musa Accused Of Bias In Benue Massacre, Faces Fire Over Comment On Fulani Ranches, Illicit Arms - Global Upfront Newspapers

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Christopher Musa, has come under heavy criticism over his recent public remarks advocating nationwide Fulani cattle ranches amid his silence on the mass killings in Benue State. The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) on Friday knocked the CDS, accusing him of bias, insensitivity, and complicity.  Intersociety described Musa’s comments on ranches as veiled endorseme…