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date	06/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total number of fatalities from farmer-herder clashes in Nigeria since October 2017; and what proportion of the fatalities resulting from those clashes were (a) farmers and (b) herders.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	161541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no corroborative data on the number of fatalities resulting from violence between farmers and herders in Nigeria. These clashes continue to have a devastating impact on the communities affected and both sides are believed to have suffered hundreds of casualties. We continue to urge all parties to find a peaceful solution to the complex underlying causes of these incidents.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/07/2018 14:15:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

935086

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help prevent escalating violence against predominantly Christian farming communities in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	161136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>We have raised the issue of farmer herder violence regularly with state and federal government, including with Abba Kyari, President Buhari's Chief of Staff. The High Commission has raised it with the governors of a number of affected states (Benue, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano). The High Commissioner raised the broad issue of insecurity and the need for an end to violence during a call on the Vice President at the end of June.</p><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials have also raised the issue of Freedom of Religion and tensions between religious communities, specifically with state officials in Borno and Yobe during a visit there in May.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/07/2018 15:39:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

931263

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help tackle violence against predominantly Christian farming communities in central Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	906051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about ongoing clashes involving pastoralists and local farmers in Nigeria, driven by disputes over access to land, grazing routes and water. We have raised concerns at Federal and State Government levels and encourage solutions which meet the needs of affected communities and prevent further violence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/06/2018 15:05:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden