... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...herdsmen.
''We're hearing stories of people who were farming 100 acres, but now they're only farming five acres, because [of] the Fulani. Their objective is to run these farmers out,'' said Greg Kelley with Unknown Nations.
Clashes between herdsmen and farmers have been happening in Nigeria since 2011. According to the World Food Programme, today nearly 5 million people in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
face acute food insecurity due to conflict.
''The big issue that's happening right now is the movement. For so much of the conflict, whether it was Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...or the Fulani herdsmen, it was really concentrated in the northern part of Nigeria, north of the capital, Abuja,'' said Kelley.
But the attacks have spread from the north into Central Nigeria's breadbasket. Benue State and Plateau State have been hard hit.
''The Fulani herdsmen, they have the cows, and they'll run them through these areas and trash the farmers' lands, which ultimately disrupts the food [harvest],'' Kelley said.
''It's not only the people that are dying immediately in the short term from the attacks, but the long-term instability is just threatening the entirety of this country.''
A Fulani attack on July 14th killed at least 32 people in a predominantly Christian farming village in Plateau State.
''We're moving into the second decade of these atrocities happening, and they're really being overlooked [by the] authorities,'' said Kelley. ''No one is being held accountable.''