Growing herdsmen militancy is adding to West Africa’s security threats
Growing herdsmen militancy is adding to West Africa’s security threats: Leader of Fulani herdsmen Haruna Usman pictured by Reuters in 2014 Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde The people of Agatu, a farming community in Benue State in central Nigeria won’t forget February 2016 in a hurry. One afternoon, late that month, their villages were attacked by Fulani herdsmen. …