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| Mali-Burkina Faso ethnic border clash kills 30 |
| 2012-05-26 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] At least 30 people have been killed after festivities erupted between Dogon farmers and nomadic Fulani herders along the Mali-Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and may be in the process of being chased out now... border, Burkina authorities said late on Thursday. The fighting, which began on Tuesday, took place near Sari, a Malian town about 15 km from the border with Burkina Faso, Khalil Bara, governor of Burkina Faso's northern region, said on state radio. Bara said the dispute originated from an agreement between the two west African nations, which allows Burkina herders to take their livestock to camps in Mali where there was available pasture land. During the rule of former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure, Fulani herders were allowed into Mali through special corridors. However, Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... Mali has descended into chaos since a March 22 military coup ousted Toure and left over half of the country occupied my Tuareg rebels and Islamist hard boys. "The Dogons, who have always opposed the opening of these corridors, taking advantage of the crisis in Mali, have decided to solve the problem by attacking Fulani settlements," Bara said, adding that most of the deaths were Fulanis. The governor said over 1,000 people, mostly herders, have fled back into villages in Burkina Faso. |
| Posted by:Fred |