This weekly update spotlights communal conflict in the Niger Delta with a focus on inter-communal clashes over land disputes in Cross River State. According to data (see map below), communal clashes over land disputes caused over 800 fatalities in Cross River State between January 2016 and June 2020. Recent incidents indicate a resurgence of communal clashes over land ownership and boundary disputes between com-munities in Cross River and neighboring Abia, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi States. In February 2020, for example, 2 persons were reportedly killed and 10 others declared missing during a clash over a land dispute between Utuma community in Biase LGA, Cross River State and Isu communi-ty in Arochukwu LGA, Abia State. In May 2020, 15 persons were reportedly killed and several houses destroyed during clashes between Afono and Ibini communities in Biase LGA. Recently, on June 30, 2020, 2 persons were reportedly killed and 5 others abducted during a clash over a boundary dispute between Erei community in Biase LGA, Cross River State and Ekoli Edda community in Afikpo South LGA, Ebonyi State.
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