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Koufa, a Fulani, utilized his past as a radical Islamist preacher to attract young Fulani disheartened with the traditional Fulani hierarchy to his group. [5] Katiba Macina engaged in conflict with Dogon groups in southern Mali, sparking the formation of Dogon defense group Dan Na Ambassagou. Dan Na Ambassagou was supported by the Malian ...
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people [a] are an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. [22] Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, and regions near the Red Sea coast in Sudan. The approximate number of Fula people is unknown ...
The Fulani are a pastoralist group and their livelihood depends on herding cattle, and occasionally goats and sheep, along grazing routes. [5] In recent years, as climate change has brought about increased desertification and a scarcity of resources, Herder-Farmer conflicts have increased in frequency. [ 6 ]
The origin of the Dambazawa is as unclear as that of the Fulani race itself, but sources within the clan believe it to be of a Dayebe Fulani group. It was at the time of Sundiata Keita (c. 1217–1255 A.D.) the Fulbe of that era began adopting surnames that conformed to their socioeconomic groups.
Sullupi سل , سلب سلسلب of Fulani clan emigrated from Tur Sinai طور سيناء the coted name for Futa Toro فوتا تورو ,which some Fulani tribe tale believe that were they migrated from to Hausa Land and then settled in Gerderga قيدقند between Jammalwal جماألوال and Ged (south Niger & North Nigeria) and their ...
Total casualties attributed to roaming Fulani herdsmen, due to their reluctance to, invest in private cattle ranches or agricultural holding and, improve Social responsibility amongst the communities, hit 1,229 in 2014, a massive increase from just 63 in 2013, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Terrorism Index 2015 ...
Birnin Kebbi is located on the Sokoto River and is connected by road to Argungu (45 km northeast), Jega (35 km southeast), and Bunza (45 km southwest)and the city is dominated by the Fulani ethnic group
The Fulani are largely nomadic/semi-nomadic and live in the semi-arid climate of West Africa. [4] Due to population growth and desertification, Fulani nomads have to move south towards more fertile lands to graze their herds. [5] [6] This created conflicts with the farmers. [4] This resulting violence left a death toll of over 10,000. [5]