Clashes between two ethnic communities in northern Cameroon over cattle theft have killed three people and wounded a dozen more.
The violence erupted in the district of Gobo, in the Far North region, a tract of land wedged between Nigeria to the west and Chad to the east.
Regional Governor Bakari Midjiyawa said Three people were killed and about 10 others injured, houses burned down and shops looted.
He added that Police were deployed to restore calm while all activities agriculture, livestock, fishing, education were suspended.
Clashes between ethnic groups are rare in Cameroon but are frequent in Chad and Nigeria, particularly between sedentary farmers and semi-nomadic herders.
Cameroon’s Far North is also struggling with cross-border attacks by insurgents from northeastern Nigeria.
