At least 12 people were killed in farmer–herder clashes on 18 October near Kouzi-Wahit, close to Mouraye in Chad’s Bahr-Azoum department, according to reports published on 21 October. Numerous people were injured, with local reporting indicating that farmers suffered most of the casualties. The toll remains provisional. (journaldutchad.com)
The dispute concerned the alignment of a transhumance route through agricultural land. Reporting described opposition by Dagal farmers to the proposed passage of livestock belonging to Arab nomadic herders. These accounts identify a local land-use dispute; they should not be read as assigning collective responsibility to either community. (journaldutchad.com)
Authorities deployed troops following the violence. Local and provincial officials visited the area with military reinforcements on 20 October to reduce tensions and strengthen security, a response detailed in the following day’s reporting. (journaldutchad.com)
The reviewed accounts did not establish that a durable settlement over the route had been reached. The immediate intervention was intended to contain violence, while the underlying access dispute remained unresolved in the available reporting. (journaldutchad.com)