<p>Clashes between herders and farmers have killed at least 10 people in southern Chad, a region regularly troubled by such violence, a local governor told <em>AFP</em> on Saturday.</p>.<p>The fertile border areas of Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic have been gripped by confrontation between predominantly Muslim nomadic herders and sedentary farmers who are typically Christian or animist.</p>.<p>Tensions are historically rooted in rivalry over land.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/sudan-becomes-battleground-for-foreign-fighters-1218720.html" target="_blank">Sudan becomes battleground for foreign fighters</a></strong></p>.<p>The farmers often accuse the herders of letting their cattle trample their crops and eat them, while the herders say they have the traditional right to graze there.</p>.<p>The latest outbreak of violence occurred on Thursday, when a 12-year-old herder took his animals onto a farmer's peanut field, leading to an altercation that left the child dead, Adoum Forteye Amadou, the governor of the Madoul region, told <em>AFP</em> by telephone.</p>.<p>His parents then killed nine farmers in revenge, Amadou said, adding that the incident occurred near the village of Bara II, 600 kilometres southeast of the capital of N'Djamena.</p>.<p>"Five herders, the authors of the killing spree, have been arrested, as well as the murderer of the young herder," he said.</p>
<p>Clashes between herders and farmers have killed at least 10 people in southern Chad, a region regularly troubled by such violence, a local governor told <em>AFP</em> on Saturday.</p>.<p>The fertile border areas of Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic have been gripped by confrontation between predominantly Muslim nomadic herders and sedentary farmers who are typically Christian or animist.</p>.<p>Tensions are historically rooted in rivalry over land.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/sudan-becomes-battleground-for-foreign-fighters-1218720.html" target="_blank">Sudan becomes battleground for foreign fighters</a></strong></p>.<p>The farmers often accuse the herders of letting their cattle trample their crops and eat them, while the herders say they have the traditional right to graze there.</p>.<p>The latest outbreak of violence occurred on Thursday, when a 12-year-old herder took his animals onto a farmer's peanut field, leading to an altercation that left the child dead, Adoum Forteye Amadou, the governor of the Madoul region, told <em>AFP</em> by telephone.</p>.<p>His parents then killed nine farmers in revenge, Amadou said, adding that the incident occurred near the village of Bara II, 600 kilometres southeast of the capital of N'Djamena.</p>.<p>"Five herders, the authors of the killing spree, have been arrested, as well as the murderer of the young herder," he said.</p>