Gendarmes restored order on Sunday in a village in Kirtatchi Commune just east of Niamey following fighting between nomadic herdsmen and farmers.
Major Djibrilla Hima, spokesman of the ruling Conseil de reconciliation nationale, said an inquiry was underway to determine the cause of the violence in which five people died and 15 were wounded.
Fights, often leading to deaths, are common among farmers and herdsmen in West Africa. The trouble often occurs when the herdsmen graze their animals on planted fields.
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