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Climate-Caused Conflicts Flare Among Chad's Fulani People

At a U.N. Security Council meeting last month, speakers urged member states to do more to counter the security threat posed by climate change. Meanwhile, in Chad, conflicts between farmers and herders from the Fulani ethnic group are flaring as warming temperatures further reduce already scarce water and useable land. Henry Wilkins reports from N'Djamena, Chad.

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