At least 42 people have been killed in a clash between ethnic groups in the east of Chad.
The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Territorial Administration and Decentralization in Chad, Limane Mahamat, said the dispute began over a water well.
However, Mahamat says several ministers, senior local officials, and the military’s chief of staff were dispatched to the scene on Sunday and have brought the situation under control.
Reports say for several years, eastern Chad has been plagued by conflicts between farmers and nomadic Arab herders and such conflicts have caused more than a thousand deaths and 2,000 injuries between 2021 and 2024.