{"id":131698,"date":"2025-05-12T01:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T01:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/at-least-23-dead-in-new-armed-attacks-in-the-state-of-benue\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T01:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T01:48:42","slug":"at-least-23-dead-in-new-armed-attacks-in-the-state-of-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/at-least-23-dead-in-new-armed-attacks-in-the-state-of-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"at least 23 dead in new armed attacks in the state of Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/4898\/3265\/556\/0\/75\/0\/142f659_sirius-fs-upload-1-3r6nlxocqwgn-1747009985854-river-benue-in-makurdi-with-both-bridges.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/4898\/3265\/600\/0\/75\/0\/142f659_sirius-fs-upload-1-3r6nlxocqwgn-1747009985854-river-benue-in-makurdi-with-both-bridges.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/4898\/3265\/664\/0\/75\/0\/142f659_sirius-fs-upload-1-3r6nlxocqwgn-1747009985854-river-benue-in-makurdi-with-both-bridges.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/4898\/3265\/700\/0\/75\/0\/142f659_sirius-fs-upload-1-3r6nlxocqwgn-1747009985854-river-benue-in-makurdi-with-both-bridges.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/4898\/3265\/800\/0\/75\/0\/142f659_sirius-fs-upload-1-3r6nlxocqwgn-1747009985854-river-benue-in-makurdi-with-both-bridges.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"La ville de Makurdi, capitale de l\u2019Etat de Benue, au\u00a0Nigeria, en septembre 2017.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/12\/0\/0\/4898\/3265\/664\/0\/75\/0\/142f659_sirius-fs-upload-1-3r6nlxocqwgn-1747009985854-river-benue-in-makurdi-with-both-bridges.jpg\" alt=\"The city of Makurdi, capital of the state of Benue, Nigeria, in September 2017.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The city of Makurdi, capital of the state of Benue, Nigeria, in September 2017.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Ashinze \/ CC by-SA 4.0<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">At least 23 people were killed by armed men in four distinct attacks, in the state of Benue, in southeast Nigeria, reported, on Sunday, May 11, a Red Cross official at the France-Presse Agency (AFP). These attacks took place on Saturday evening in four villages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Fighting regularly bursts between nomadic breeders and farmers for land control in the center of the country. Many breeders belonging to the Fulanis Muslim ethnic group and many farmers being Christians, these clashes often take on a religious or ethnic dimension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Eight people were killed in Ukum, new in Logo and three in Guma as well as in Kwande, the head of the Red Cross in Benue, Anthony Abah told AFP. Several other people were injured, he added. A police spokesperson said he was not aware of these attacks.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">    Nigeria: at least 40 people killed in village attacks <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3417356\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2025\/04\/04\/nigeria-au-moins-40-personnes-tuees-dans-des-attaques-de-villages_6591140_3212.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Sometimes deadly competition<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Some took place in places already targeted more than a month ago, which had left 56 dead. Two attacks by armed men unidentified in early April in the neighboring state of the Plateau had left more than a hundred dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">In the center of the country, the land available for agriculture and livestock is regularly reduced due to climate change and human expansion, which leads to a sometimes fatal competition for an increasingly limited space.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">    In Nigeria, armed men kill 56 people in the state of Benue <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3419289\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2025\/04\/19\/au-nigeria-des-hommes-armes-tuent-56-personnes-dans-l-etat-de-benue_6597865_3212.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Makurdi, capital of the state of Benue, Nigeria, in September 2017. Ashinze \/ CC by-SA 4.0 At least 23 people were killed by armed men in four distinct attacks, in the state of Benue, in southeast Nigeria, reported, on Sunday, May 11, a Red Cross official at the France-Presse Agency (AFP). 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