Antananarivo – Twenty-two people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in violence sparked by cattle rustling in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, a government agency said on Wednesday.
About 275 homes were razed and 3 000 people forced to flee during a week of unrest in the south of the country, the National Bureau for Risk and Disaster Management said.
The violence was linked to widespread theft of prized zebu humped cattle, which sparked clashes between gangs of cattle thieves, known as “dahalos,” villagers and the army…
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