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At least 42 people have been killed and 10 injured in fighting between rival ethnic groups in eastern Chad in a conflict that began as a dispute over a water well, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conflict in Wadi Fira province, initially between two families, is said to have escalated into a cycle of reprisal attacks that spread over a wide area, with villages burned down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chadian authorities said on Sunday that a delegation led by deputy Prime Minister Limane Mahamat had been sent to the area and the situation had been brought under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deadly communal clashes are common in the central African nation, with a long-running pattern of disputes between farmers and herders, as well as ethnic tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The clashes are often triggered by competition over water and grazing land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrival of refugees fleeing the civil war in neighbouring Sudan in recent months has further raised tensions over resources and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, the deputy prime minister said the government was taking all necessary measures to prevent the conflict in Sudan from destabilising the border area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Communal clashes in Chad have led to the death of hundreds of people in recent years, including 33 killed in November over a disputed well in Dibebe, in the south-west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the International Crisis Group think-tank, 1,000 people were killed and 2,000 injured in about 100 clashes between 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rights Group Amnesty International last year said it had documented seven episodes of herder-farmer violence between 2022 and 2024, resulting in 98 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said the clashes were driven by climate change and other issues, and that despite the recurring violence, authorities had failed to adequately protect the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amnesty said responses by security forces were often delayed and perpetrators were not being held to account “fuelling a sense of impunity and marginalisation within communities”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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