you have to know that the fulani , they are nomads.y have big herds and cattle and they need to put them to where the grass is so they can feed their livestock. the dogon hunters are settled people. with a climate crisis coming, all of these resources are getting scarce. less ground there. they are not going into villages with land. there have always been these fights, but usually only see one or two people dead. recently, we have these interethnic killings going up to 157 people such as back in march. this one was about 100. brent: it has intensified recently. why? is a because of global warming or is there more to it? >> the first reason is global warming, but the other is you have to seem molly and a bigger picture. -- mali in a big picture. there was islamists trying to destabilize the country. they are trying to infiltrate these ethnic groups, and a broader aim is to destabilize the whole country. they are using those groups. they are predominantly muslim -- the fulani are mostly muslim and the dogon are dug us -- animists. if you

local officials have blamed fulani herdsmen. latest pictures we have received, showing burnt—out buildings and what is left of the village which was set on fire. the two communities often clash over access to land and water, but the dogons also accuse the fulanis of having ties to extremist groups. fulanis accuse dogon hunters of forming militias to attack them. president ibrahim boubacar keita plans to return to the country on tuesday from a conference in switzerland. the vatican has released a new document challenging modern conceptions of gender identity. it criticises the modern understanding of gender as being more complex than the binary division of sexes. it says the current debate annihilates the concept of nature and destabilises the family. the document has drawn strong criticism from lgbt groups, who say it will encourage bigotry, hatred and violence. francis debernardo is the executive director of new ways ministry, which is an organisation that works with lgbt catholics and the church. he gave us his thoughts on thi

plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including reports of attacks targeting fulani villages amaldi just days after nearly a 100 people from a rival ethnic group were gunned down. ebola reaches uganda a 5 year old boy dies after crossing the border from the democratic republic of congo. and fined for spying on found details of a punishment for the spanish football league. but 1st police in russia have arrested several 100 protesters demanding punishment for those involved in the suspected framing off a journalist let's cross over to felicity barr in our european broadcast center for more. thanks so much terrain yes the opposition politician alexina valley was among those arrested after thousands of people gathered in moscow to demand accountability for even arrests the investigative journalist was detained last week on drug charges but he was released after the government admitted there was no evidence against him step fasten reports. one by one they were arrested randomly taken from the crowd thousands of people took part in the protests in the center of moscow despite gover

local officials have blamed fulani herdsmen.re the latest pictures we have received, showing burnt out buildings and what is left of the village which was set on fire. the two communities often clash over access to land and water, but the dogons also accuse the fulanis of having ties to extremist groups. fulanis accuse dogon hunters of forming militias to attack them. president ibrahim boubacar keita plans to return to the country on tuesday from a conference in switzerland. translation: at this moment, i wish to share a thought for those who once more have fallen under murderous, unjust and cowardly bullets in the dogon region. let's get some of the day's other news: there has been chaos in new york, after a helicopter crashed on top of a high rise building. officials say the pilot died at the scene. the accident happened in poor weather, as the helicopter made a hard landing onto the roof of a 54—storey building in midtown manhattan. the us government has declared it is gravely concerned about the proposed amendments to hong k

the rival groups the united nations says at least 488 people have been killed in attacks targeting fulani cattle herders since last year the worst was in march when suspected dogon armed men killed 160 forlornly villages and august sagal that's near the border with kenya fast and the un peacekeeping mission is also blamed for lonnie's for the death of 63 civilians in the region since january last year let's explore this further we can talk to mark webb who's monitoring developments from nairobi and malcolm a particularly violent attack with dreadful results further developments we have. all survivors say and there are a few survivors but they say it in the night heavily armed men riding in upson on motorbikes surrounded the village village has a population of about 300 and they set huts on fire people many people were burned alive in their huts others tried to flee in the killing one so i said it was recess children women in the elderly throats were slit people were shot some. so it was very systematic. with the aim of wiping out all of the people in this village and everything that they

local officials have blamed fulani herdsmen.he latest pictures we've received, showing burnt out buildings and what's left of the village which was set on fire. the two communities often clash over access to land and water, but the dogons also accuse the fulanis of having ties to extremist groups. fulanis accuse dogon hunters of forming militias to attack them. president ibrahim boubacar keita plans to return to the country on tuesday, from a conference in switzerland. translation: at this moment, i wish to share a thought for those who once more have fallen under murderous, unjust and cowardly bullets in the dogon region. the vatican has released a new document attacking the modern understanding of gender as something more complex than a straightforward binary division of sexes. it claims the current debate about gender identity annihilates the concept of nature and destabilises the family, and that people claiming anything other than a binary gender are just being provocative. lgbt groups say it will encourage bigotry, hatred,

on the reports of new attacks somalis fighting between the fulani and on ethnic groups continues on sunday violence between the groups killed almost 100 people in the region will see say has called it's horrific. more now on our top story that attack on a saudi airport's a behemoth right hot is associate professor of conflict resolution at doha institute and author of unfinished revolutions yemen libya and tim is year after the arab spring he's joining us here on set thanks for coming in again and thank you what is the target of a pyre port in saudi arabia or do you think it has particular significance yes of course it's important to get that's a vital target that's an airport that threatens such an act and so the threatens. in saudi arabia and how sad that it is going to respond to this this is not the 1st time the with is attacking sensitive vital targets for the stability and security of saudi arabia we saw a similar thing happening few weeks ago of the. sending a drone actually attacked towards a refinery. and then now this is an airport there and we have. 26 people when the internatio

it's populated by the dogon ethnic group and local officials have blamed fulani herdsmen.lash over access to land and water, but the dogons also accuse the fulanis of having ties to extremist groups. in an unprecedented move, three leading russian newspapers have come out with identical front pages, splashed with the words "we are ivan golunov". the prominent investigative journalist was detained last week and charged with drug—dealing. but critics of the arrest say the move is punishment for his hard—hitting reports on corruption in high places. controversial internet entrepreneur kim dotcom has begun a final appeal to halt his extradition from new zealand to the us on copyright—related charges. the fbi claims mr dotcom's mega—upload site earned millions of dollars by facilitating illegal file—sharing. his lawyers say it was never meant to encourage copyright breaches. these locusts are among millions currently wreaking havoc on the italian island of sardinia. it's being described as the worst invasion in more than 60 years, by local media. large swarms are destroying cro

for the raid which happened on sunday and there's been violence between the dogs on people and the fulani rivals in the past they've been fighting for access to land and resources well the u.n. special representative for mali says he's shocked and outraged by what he called an act of unspeakable reason. and if who heads the u.n. peacekeeping mission in mali i did the threshold of the unbearable is reached it's time for a nationwide outcry target and he has this report. it was a surprise attack in the middle of the night men on motorbikes wielding machetes and guns looking for people from the doggone ethnic group men women and children were killed and others injured in the attack is similar to another 3 months ago when suspected dog unarmed men killed 160 felony villages in august saguenay near the border with the kenya fassel. mali president abraham the because held a minute's silence for the victims during an official visit to switzerland. at this moment a thought for those who once more have fallen on the motorist bullets an unjust and cowardly act in a country felonies on a magic herde

people who are behind this attack were fulani herdsman which would very surprised that there is a more of a communal element to this and it's probably both the massacre in over struggle that i mentioned earlier was investigated not quite to go forward but by the u.n. peacekeeping role or organization after singled out perpetrators it's up to the mali and justice system obviously to bring these people to book from the authorities so what you see most of the time is basically hand-wringing. talking to you thank you for joining us journalist a posthumous in the bamako. turkey has started flooding a domme on the river tigris today despite criticism from local communities the town of haasan keefe in southeastern turkey is one of the 1st places on the tigris where human settled feeling be induced to down will completely submerged the ancient town and its historic ruins thousands of people have been uprooted and moved to a newly built town to make way. feel that out of who used to tend to the garden of his small guest house every day people who stayed here could enjoy his home grown fruits an

large killing last week against the doggone community and an even larger one in march against the fulani community and there's a sense that they are mobilizing in an increasing degree and one of the reasons that tension is rising is because there are accusations that the fulani community has been supporting some of jihadist groups in the central part of of mali which has created a sense of the need to mobilize group more and the 3rd factor is really that climate change has brought these communities into each other in far more direct contact over time and with the absence of the mali and government in the central part of mali there really isn't much stopping this escalation right now and with the un also focused largely in the north and in some of the urban areas there is little to stop it from continuing in this tit for tat over time ok when you talk about the un being focused in the north there are people like yourselves who say the center of gravity of this conflict is going from the north of the country to the central belt of the country the central region what are the potential conse

population and its growing middle class are almost certain to raise that figure in the years ahead fulani herders are traditionally nigeria's biggest providers of beef yet clashes have sharpened between the tribe the nigerian farmers whose land overlaps with the millennia old grazing routes the question now for nigeria can't regulate and keep the peace between rival groups because the demand for meat is growing. and finally some bad news for nicotine addicts have switched through vaporing san francisco has become the 1st american city to ban the sale of e. cigarettes that is until the long term health effects of clear officials voted to ban both online and still based sales of the vaporizes which have become popular as an alternative to cigarettes or as an aid to stop smoking altogether and francisco is home to june july abse one of the largest producers in the u.s. will be legal challenges no doubt. as to business with it. cut. into the conflict zone with tim sebastian the song east europeans very good smoke over the new coalition government our guest this week might be mature but curren

least 95 people on monday the attack on doggone villagers is believed to have been carried out by fulani herders it's the latest in a spate of violent incidents between the rival ethnic groups mainly over access to land and water. through to russia now where a wave of public anger has forced the authorities to make a rare u. turn over a case against the popular journalist all charges against russian reporter even gordon over have been dropped just over a few hours ago he walked free from a police station the investigative journalist had been accused of drug dealing but his lawyers and said the drugs were planted by authorities russia's interior minister says he will ask president putin to sack 2 senior police officers over the case the novice known for his work exposing corruption among moscow's political elite he has vowed to continue his work. ukrainian president volodin music lenski has ordered an investigation into the cause of a fire at a psychiatric clinic 6 people were killed in the blaze which started late on monday in the southern port of a vessel patients were evacuated as fire

in march, suspected dogon militias killed over 150 fulani in two villages in central mali. the u.n. warned earlier this month the atrocities in central mali are likely to continue unless immediate action is taken. back in u.s., president trump kicked off his 2020 presidential bid with a keep america great rally in orlando, florida, tuesday evening. he attacked immigrants as 2016 opponent hillary clinton and cnn and democratic lawmakers, accusing them of "flooding the country with illegal immigrants." david cicilline tweeted, "it was a hate rally." bernie sanders called trump a racist, sexist, and xenophobia and accused him of neglecting climate change, gun violence, and inequality. the house judiciary panel will hold a hearing today on reparations for slavery, the first hearing in over a decade on the subject. among others, writer ta-nehisi coates and actor and activist danny glover are set to testify. the question of reparations is expected to be a key issue as the 2020 presidential campaign rolls out. ahead of today's hearing, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked by re

than three months after armed men with a group identified as dogon, killed nearly 160 people from a fulani community. no group has claimed responsisibility for the latest attack, but local officials noted the increase in inter-ethnic conflict betweeeen the dogon and fulani as the backdrop for the m mass killing. an indian court has sentenced three men to life in prison for the rape and murder of asifa bano, an eight-year-old muslim girl, in 2018. the brutal crime took place in the disputed northern state of jammu and kashmir, inflaming inter-religious tensions and setting off protests around the country. the u.s. ambassador to israel davivid freeman tolold "the newk times" that israel has the right to annex parts of the west bank. in april, prime minister benjamin netanyahu's made a campaign promise to annex the territory. before becoming ambassador, friedmann worked as trump's bankruptcy lawyer and had no prior diplomatic experience. his comments came just two days after five democratic senators, including 2020 hopefuls elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, introduced a resolution, condemn

then 4 years ago a fulani preacher called amadou truth formed an armed group in central mali called fulani men arms this is video. these fighters attacked mali's army to overthrow the government expel the french army un peacekeepers and the stablish rule according to their own interpretation of islamic law the government's accused of arming the militia to fight back many believe that led to the escalating your violence between the 2 communities army is not doing its job. in the center of the mali even 3 good kind of proxy war. for generations there have been minor disputes when the for lonnie herders cows trampled on land that the farmers were cultivating but in the past didn't prompt math because one of them to some a somali remembers that well he was herding cows when french colonialists left mali in 1960. and he stays at home in the village along with her lawyer women and other older men. before people were very tolerant we would always find ways to resolve disputes with humanity and dignity than that today passing through a farm can turn into a much bigger problem. fire on hundreds of

houses no one has claimed responsibility but there's been violence from the day on people and their fulanirivals in the past because more what it was a surprise attack in the middle of the night men all made to bikes wielding machetes and guns looking for people from the doggone ethnic group men women and children were killed and others injured in the attack is similar to another 3 months ago when suspected doggone armed men.

reports of attacks targeting fulani villages and mali just days after nearly 100 people from a rivalethnic group were gunned down. below japan's prime minister has urged iran to abide and cooperate by the international atomic energy agency after meeting iran's president into iran. is on a 2 day visit to iran to is tension between japan's ally the us and the islamic republic iran's president hassan rouhani has again reiterated that to her on it does not want a war but it will respond with aggression. and we are not going to start any war in the region we will not be the start of any war including a new war with the us if anybody is going to start a war with us we will resolve. come up with our response. to that now. in the middle east there are tensions and when there is a possibility of a military conflict. by accident however military conflict must be avoided by all means. peace in the middle east attics over the world it is necessary nobody want a conflict. even continues to cooperate. and it continues do i hope it will continue to comply with the i.a.e.a. is relations for us react

some 160 fulani villagers were killed here in march by suspected drug on hunters. the 2 groups have a long history of disputes and fighting between them has skyrocketed in recent years. the u.n. says it's trying to keep the violence from spiraling out of control. the mission is coordinating its response in support of 1000000 authorities and the united nations system in mali is mobilizing to provide humanitarian assistance to help people affected. the bloodshed has compounded an already dire security situation in the country which has seen an alarming rise in islam is the violence in recent years officials say militants with ties to al qaeda and the so-called islamic state are exploiting ethnic rivalries to boost recruitment and expand their influence. for. to hungary to the capital budapest and south korean salvage crews have recovered more bodies from a tourist boat that sank in the river danube last month rescue workers were seen carrying 4 body bags out of the hall as efforts began to raise the wreckage of the sightseeing boat that capsized and sank on may 29th

visiting a dogan village where almost 100 people were killed violence between dogan farmers and nomadic fulani herders have claimed hundreds of lives in recent months israel is closing garza's off shore waters to palestinian fishermen until further notice the israeli defense ministry says it's in response to the launch of incendiary balloons in kites from across the border fence. the saudi m. iraqi led military coalition fighting in yemen is promising to retaliate after a missile attack by her the rebels on a saudi airport the coalition says the projectile described by the previous as a cruise missile hit the arrivals hall at airport injuring at least $26.00 people. russian media says turkey and the kremlin have broken a cease fire between government forces and rebels in syria's edler province but on the ground fighting continues in a lead as well as neighboring hama province well those are the headlines and now it's back to al-jazeera wild to stay with us. marriage to the family and divorce in morocco as in some other arab countries is governed by a family code in morocco it's called the new

this attack but that comes as no surprise we've seen attacks like this been directed towards the fulani community from dawn hunters and there again no one had claimed responsibility this morning the prime minister of. went on the ground to visit those that have survived this brutal attack and you know he was there to try to reassure the population to show the presence of the money in forces because many here are questioning why it took so long for the 1000000 forces let alone the 14000 u.n. peacekeepers that are on the ground. to come to try to stop the violence that took place in that village on sunday the violence took place just 50 kilometers away from a big army base a u.n. peacekeeping base it started at 1700 local time it lasted for hours until 1 o'clock in the morning it took all this time before any security agency could come on the ground so there's a lot of question here on the deficiency of both the u.n. forces and a 1000000 forces and that is why i say the prime minister went on the ground to reassure the population to say that that the money and security forces are there to

perspective whereas the local mayor has been claiming that the people who were behind this attack were fulani herdsman which would presuppose that there is a more of a communal element to this and it's probably both the massacre in over struggle that i mentioned earlier was investigated not by the your phone but by the u.n. peacekeeping or organization and asked by a single that out of the traitors it's up to the mali and justice system of these the to bring these people to book from the authorities the so what you see most of the time is stay sickly handwringing. talking to you thank you for joining us surgeon mr brown possumus in the bamako. well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a course in india has sentenced 3 hindu madge of life in prison for their role in the rape and murder of an 8 year old rose with. 3 police officers received 15 year sentences for destroying evidence girl's death sparked outrage and inflamed religious tensions in indian controlled kashmir. a russian course was granted early release through a leading human rights advocates for

overnight virtually wiping out the entire village now fighting between doggone hunters and rival fulani herders has already left hundreds dead in the past year and a half let's bring in journalist pasta matthews in mali's capital bamako and joins us on the line graham do we have any information on why this attack on this village took place. we don't have any information exactly on why this particular attack took place but you can put this in as you've already said in your introduction you can put this in the context of the why the cycle of violence that have been going on in this region which is in the center of mali. and which have seen an escalation off attacks since the beginning of this year went through villages were attacked with similar numbers or victims in the hundreds and this seems to be the latest one in this ongoing cycle ok so this is an ongoing cycle of violence from your sara and saying so what do we know at this point about the perpetrators. there are now rumors circulating year older these have to be confirmed that there have been that this attack was perpetrated by. p

perspective whereas the local mayor has been claiming that the people who were behind this attack were fulani herdsman which would suppose that there is a more of a communal element to this and it's probably both the massacre in over struggle that i mentioned earlier was investigated not by the your 4 of you but by the u.n. peacekeeping or organization the national singled out the traitors it's up to the mali and justice system of these the to bring these people to book from the authorities the so what you see most of the time is stay sickly handwringing. talk as you thank you for joining us journalist abrahm possumus in the bamako. let's get a closer look then at the background to this conflict with the doctors again in pharma who spent lots of time in this region while can gather and so these conflicts seems to go back decades what's that about so it's not only decades sent centrist to be honest because it's mainly because these 2 ethnic groups on the ground only mention the full on the on the one hand who are all of us and moments and on the other hand we have the sedentary families with t

area in recent months the victims were mostly ethnic docos hundreds of people from the dogan and fulani communities have been killed in fighting over land and water the un is demanding a thorough independent investigation into the death of egypt's only democratically elected president mohamed morsi he never gained consciousness after collapsing on court on monday morsi was buried in cairo after the government refused to allow a funeral in his hometown despite a request from his family but mourners still gathered in more seats home province of shockey to pay their respects surrounded by security forces and you can follow all of those stories on our website sarah dot com more news with ali here in half an hour next on al-jazeera is risking it all afghanistan to stay with us. sri lanka's easter sunday bombings reverberated around the world with religious and ethnic tension rising one o one ace investigates in beit is the new front line in sri lanka on which is iraq . this year winter has come to this narrow strip and afghanistan. and there are concordia door the temperature is unseasonably

family were among nearly 50000 people who fled violence here in central mali militia connected to the fulani and gone ethnic groups have attacked each other's communities in recent months. people here for lonnie herders now they stay in this camp on the edge of the town of severity they left behind the houses and made of bricks now living in shelters made of dry grass. only the lucky ones were able to bring their livestock they depend on for their survival many animals were killed or stolen in the conflict and the animals really need to be taken out there on to the plains to be grazed but it's not say. conflict in the north and the lack of presence of the government based in the south and then influx of homs have fueled the growing violence in mali center about a 150 felonies were massacred this village 3 months ago. and nearly 100 guns were massacred in this village last week after the attacks villages deserted. and the camps for the displaced steadily grow people here need help and. when these people come here they need everything they lost everything it is often people who had to leave qu

a local mayor says gunmen raided an ethnic village in the region fighting between turns and fulani herders has killed many people in recent months as they battle over access to land and resources kazakhstan's election commission. has won the presidential election with over 70 percent of the votes but international monitoring group says the poll tarnished was tarnished by clear violations of fundamental freedoms public this stress in the system sparked protests in the 2 biggest cities at least 500 people were arrested on sunday and a further 100 have since been taken into custody. a court of india has found 6 men guilty over the gang rape and murder of a muslim girl in indian administered kashmir the case sparked national outrage which intensified when some state ministers of the ruling hindu nationalists b j p initially defended the accused the 3 were convicted of the rape and murder itself they've been sentenced to life in prison counting the costs is up next. hello i'm hasn't seeker this is counting the cost on the agency or your weekly look at the world of business and economics this we

for generations there have been conflicts between the fulani herders who migrate around the region seeking pastures for their livestock moving around to follow the rains and the farmers who who inhabit that area in central mali livestock trampling on crops could lead to conflicts or use of precious farmland when especially at times like this it's the end of the dry season water becomes a precious resource in the past often these conflicts were resolved with meetings between community leaders and if there was violence would be relatively low level of violence but things have changed in recent years conflicts in northern mali with armed separatist groups some of them linked to al-qaeda unease logic state they've brought a prevalence of weapons from the region that originates from libya's civil war which started in 2011 so prevalence of weapons a breakdown of the rule of law and also growing banditry coming from the north and from the central government here in bamako it's come under a lot of criticism firstly for hiring militia to try and fight the insurgents in the separatists instead of us

condolences it is the latest in a series of attacks and counterattacks against those going farmers and fulani herders tension between the 2 ethnic groups over pastures and farmland has been fuelled by a prolonged dry season. this fall on the village was attacked last month. the u.n. says more than 100000 people have fled the violence in central mali weapons from the conflict in the north and the lack of presence of the government from the south haven't helped these villages sheltering in a camp others from both ethnic groups have fled here to the capital bamako the members of an association of people from the doe going to think group of men in this building to talk about the rapidly escalating violence both groups blame the other's militia for the massacres nobody takes responsibility we met. one of the survivors of sunday's attack when armed men surrounded the village and opened fire and ran. everybody tried to save their own lives those who could ran away many read to their houses but their houses were set on fire and they were completely burned you can't even recognize their bodies people

houses no one has claimed responsibility for there's been violence between the dogon people and their fulani rivals in the past sudan's president is a valid to continue their general strike which is now in its that day businesses are shutting down in a show of defiance against a military judge into the opposition has rejected the legitimacy of the military investigation into the killing of peaceful protesters 19 people have been killed in an attack in bikini a faster it happened in the northern town of. armed groups have killed hundreds in recent months forcing 150000 people to flee their homes. lebanese business manure arrested in iran 4 years ago is reportedly free and on his way to lebanon needs the aca who has u.s. residency was detained in 2015 while visiting iran for a conference 2nd was accused of being an american spy and sentenced to 10 years in prison his release comes as tensions remain high between iran and the united states but iran's judiciary says that his release is purely a legal matter and has nothing to do with politics. after that we received a request from the zakah for

where gunmen killed at least 95 people on monday the attack is believed to have been carried out by fulani herders it's the latest in a spate of violent incidents between the rival ethnic groups mainly over access to land and water the world health organization has confirmed that a 5 year old boy is being treated for ebola in uganda that's the country's 1st case of the disease since an outbreak in the region the child traveled from the democratic republic of congo with his family on sunday officials have sent a team to trace likely cases and vaccinate those who may have come in contact with the child. all charges against russian investigative journalist even goldman of have now been dropped following a wave of public anger against is the tension he had been accused of drug dealing with his lawyers and said the drugs were planted by authorities while a lot of is known for his work exposing corruption among moscow's political him. thank you very much for all the support i still hardly understand what's happening i'm happy that justice has been served and that the criminal case was dropped i

killed dozens of members of the doggone ethnic group violence between drug and farmers and matic fulani herders has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months and more attacks have since been reported in the region raising fears of an escalating cycle of violence let us talk reports from the capital. barely visible molly and soldiers helicopters from the un peacekeeping force hovering over days after sunday's deadly attack in security forces are finally on the ground protecting what appears to be an empty ghost town and. we are angry and disappointed to alter to need to deploy most soldiers to a secure area. shortly after this interview mollen soldiers meant to protect the village chief beat him up for criticizing the government ethnic tensions continue to be high between the doggone hunters and the philosophy herders both the communities are in mourning and see things for revenge on wednesday fall on the villagers were attacked a short while later doggone villages were stormed and response president archita removed the governor of the president's call for national unity have largely be

says gunmen raided an ethnic dogan village in the mopti region fighting between dog and hunters and fulani herders has killed many people in recent months as they battle over access to land and resources nicolas has more from neighboring senegal. the attack took place in the early hours in the morning where villagers were still asleep when men on motorbikes carrying machetes and guns killed people indiscriminately at least 95 people had been killed in this village called. do go on a village that's about 50 kilometers away from you which is in the center of mali you know no one has claimed responsibility for this attack the 1000000 security forces are on the ground to try to secure the area to ensure that there are no more attacks in the air and try to apprehend those that may have been responsible for this it comes just months before there was another attack dog on fighters then attacking full lonny villagers and what seems to be really an increase of intercommunal violence between the semi nomadic herders group that are the philosophies and the local doggone fighters each trying to vying

family remain nearly 50000 people who fled violence here in central mali militia connected to the fulani and gone ethnic groups have attacked each other's communities in recent months. people here for lonnie herders now they stay in this camp and the edge of the town of severity they left behind the houses and hunts made of bricks now living in shelters made of dry grass. only the lucky ones were able to bring their livestock they depend on for their survival many animals were killed or stolen in the conflict and the animals really need to be taken out there on to the plains to be grazed but it's not say. conflict in the north and the lack of presence of the government based in the south and then influx of homs have fueled the growing violence in mali center about 150 felonies were massacred this village 3 months ago. and nearly 100 guns were massacred in this village last week after the attacks villages deserted. and the camps for the displaced steadily grow people here need help and. when these people come here they need everything they lost everything it is often people who had to lea

tensions are currently very high a series of reprisals attacks attacks between dawn farmers and nomadic fulani herders has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months. as described seeing the bodies of children shot in the back. but 100 people were killed. died and 14 others a missing after heavy rainfall hit southern china thousands of houses reportedly collapsed and 300000 people have been evacuated floods and mudslides have been affecting more than 4000000 people. who stay with us what is next. for you straight after. moment then be asked to come in for to see to it's you know who knew and we shouldn't feel it here in my head since you know this is i believe the. issue even for us when lucy read this is mentioned in clinic no. one from the assumed man said interesting to us and isms them to actually does this if you mean spain. if you wish to do. is to tell me who. i delayed no option to talk to me it's also interesting that assumes something is going to notice and how does it relate that to the safety and. go to pay for it and you can even going back to talk to him a bit to get the situatio

been killed we've also heard reports that from a village from populated by people from the rival fulani ethnic group has also been attacked we'll bring you more or not as soon as we hear it and what are the circumstances marking that led to these attacks. for generations there have been minor conflicts between the gone farmers who sit in 3 farming bit of hunting for lonny ethnic group pastoralist herders they breed cattle and they move around pursuing pastures which of course become more scarce during the dry season it's the end of the dry season right now water grazing land becomes a scarce resource so of course livestock trampling on crops of the need for arable land these things can come into conflict with each other but for generations these kinds of conflicts have been resolved with community meetings or even if there was violence it was very low level violence but things have changed in recent years the conflict in northern mali which originates from libya but the presence of armed groups in the north some of those linked to al-qaeda and the islamic state has led to the prevalence

no one has claimed responsibility but there's been violence between the date on people and their fulani rivals in the past because more. it was a surprise attack in the middle of the night men on motorbikes wielding machetes and guns looking for people from the doggone ethnic group men women and children were killed and others injured. the attack is similar to another 3 months ago when suspected dog unarmed men killed 160 felony villages in august saguenay near the border with the kenya fassel. mali president abraham day because kater held a minute's silence for the victims during an official visit to switzerland and at this moment a thought for those who once more have fallen on the motorist bullets an unjust and cowardly act in the country felonies on a matic herders who move in search of fodder for their cattle villages resent them invading their farmland and those disagreements often turn violent. there are 13000 un peacekeeping troops in mali to protect people from armed groups linked to al qaeda increasingly they're dealing with fighting between neighboring villages the united nat

landscapes dry at the best of times now many go on who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many fulani herders animals have been stolen or killed. banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's traded here at the port in the town of martinis sacks of ground up rice husks will be sold and fed to cattle the interdependence between the herders and the farmers as lasted for centuries as well the herders buy food from the farmers and in the dry season the farmers pay the herders to take their livestock out onto the plains for grazing but that interdependence is now strained. hundreds of been killed in the last 3 months as militia connected to both groups of burned homes and massacred villages. many of those who fled to the safety of nearby towns are hungry. instead of handing out food un's world food programme is keeping credit on cards for people to buy from local traders they have the right to trolls on their free for this is the forg

killed there's also been among those attacks an attack on a village populated by people from the fulaniethnic group the president has announced that the governor of the mopti province has been fired he's being blamed for not doing enough to stem this escalating violence but a lot of people here will be putting that same very question to the central government is a lack of state presence throughout the central province lack of security operators policing people feel that the military hasn't done anything it's even been accused of atrocities itself in the past and that combined with the conflict in northern mali which is both a prevalence of weapons as well as banditry general instability led age old minor conflicts low level conflicts between the farming people and hurting people to escalate in recent years and months to the level where we're seeing this brutal communal violence that's going on right now the head of the united nations peacekeeping mission in mali has been briefing the u.n. security council mike hanna can join us now from u.n. headquarters in new york and what is he actua

most of the victims were fulanis — those are the herders i was describing earlier it‘s suspected theis not what this country needs today. rather a unification of hearts, a malien re—think, a reunion which are the only things that will allow us to bounce back and to allow our nation to survive. because it is an issue of survival today. mali is at a cross roads. if what hasjust happened the other night should be followed by another massacre in another place involving another community or another faith, it would be an endless tragedy which i do not wish on our country, god willing. the un says at least 551 people have been killed in clashes between rival tribes in mali since last year. the un secretary—general says he‘s "outraged" by this latest attack. remember, mali has a big un peacekeeping mission and french forces have been deployed there since 2013. despite this, insecurity has worsened in some parts of the country. the bbc asked the head of the un mission in mali if it was doing enough. this is part of his response. they‘re not replacing their institution in their to provide prot

where gunmen killed at least 95 people on monday the attack is believed to have been carried out by fulani and the charges against russian investigative journalist even golan old have been dropped after a public outcry he was known for his work exposing corruption among law schools political elite and had been accused of drug. it's going to yemen now and it's 6 months since the stockholm ceasefire agreement was signed but the norwegian refugee council says violence between who the rebels and the saudi and iraqi coalition that backs the government continues to escalate its report found that more than 250000 yemenis have been displaced in that time within 26000 of those people came from the port city of data which is a major entry point for aid delivery and the main focus of the cease fire deal 1750 civilian casualties have been reported across yemen since the agreement was signed in the center well so can a big only as advocacy manager for the norwegian refugee council in yemen's capital sanaa she says the fighting is widespread kind of these districts are individual stories of suffering so

for the raid which happened on sunday but there has been violence between the dog and people there fulani rivals in the past they've been fighting for access to land and resources well the u.n. special representative for mali says he is shocked and outraged by what he called an act of unspeakable barbarism mohamed. who heads the un peacekeeping mission in mali added the threshold of the unbearable is reached so it is time for a nationwide outcry victoria the reports. it was a surprise attack in the middle of the night men on motorbikes wielding machetes and guns looking for people from the doggone ethnic group men women and children were killed and others injured in the attack is similar to another 3 months ago when suspected dog unarmed men killed 160 felony villages in august saggy near the border with the key to fasten. mali president abraham day because kater held a minute's silence for the victims during an official visit to switzerland. at this moment a thought for those who once more have fallen on the motorist bullets an unjust and cowardly act in a country felonies on a magic her