“Nigeria’s Middle Belt straddles the divide between the largely Muslim north and a majority Christian south. It is an ethnically and religiously diverse zone, plagued by conflict over farmland, grazing areas, and stock routes. In southern Kaduna these clashes have pitted the traditionally pastoralist Fulani against farmers who see themselves as ‘indigenous’ to the area.”
Source: Nigeria: The Deadly Conflict Tearing Nigeria Apart (And It’s Not Boko Haram) – allAfrica.com
