Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in a north-central region after more tit-for-tat attacks killed at least another nine people.
The move was imposed Sunday in Mangu district in Plateau State followed two months of clashes between nomadic herders and pastoral farmers that community leaders say left more than 200 dead.
Intercommunal violence often flares in Plateau, which straddles the dividing line between Nigeria's mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
Plateau Governor Caleb Mutfwang imposed a 24-hour ban on movement after more attacks in Mangu over the weekend.
"Movements within the Local Government have been banned until further notice except for security personnel and persons on essential duties," his spokesman Gyang Bere said in a statement.
In the latest unrest, gunman raided villages in the Sabon Gari area of Mangu on Sunday, killing at least nine people in a "reprisal" attack, regional military spokesman Major James Oya told AFP...
Northwest and central Nigeria have long struggled with violence between nomadic cattle ranchers and settled farmers who accuse herdsmen of invading farmland with their grazing.
Those clashes have spiralled into broader criminality as communities form armed militias to raid rival villages and carry out cattle rustling, looting and mass kidnappings for ransom.
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