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Clashes between farmers and herdsmen leave 10 dead

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    Clashes between local herdsmen and farmers over access to grazing pastures in Niger State, central Nigeria, left 10 people dead including two policemen, AFP reported local authorities as saying on Tuesday.

    Abdulkadir Kure, the Niger State governor, met on Monday in the state capital, Minna, with representatives of the two groups to try and resolve the dispute. Confrontations in the state are becoming more common as an expanding population puts increasing pressure on existing pasture, AFP said.

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