The authorities have striven to contain the fighting, but to be sure of preventing a recurrence, they need to address the conflict at its roots.
- ICG
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Cameroon’s Far North, the country’s poorest region, is experiencing recurrent inter-communal frictions over water reserves.
As national and local authorities try to contain fighting between Choa Arab herders and Musgum fisherfolk, other ethnic groups are at risk of being drawn into a conflict that has displaced tens of thousands.
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