After Obasanjo's outburst I decided to do some research.

Facts about Fulani and Islam in Central African Republic

According to the 2003 national census, 80.3% of the population was Christian—51.4% Protestant and 28.9% Roman Catholic—, 10% is Muslim and 4.5 percent other religious groups, with 5.5 percent having no religious beliefs. The Fulani (Mbororo) of CAR are an ethnic minority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic#Religion


What was the root cause of the problem


Before the CAR crisis began at the end of 2012, pastoralism had been a source of violence in rural areas for several years, notably between pastoralist and farming communities.
Another word for pastoralist is herdsmen


The conflict was started by the fulani from within and outside the country
The enrolment of vulnerable young herdsmen in armed groups, the crumbling of traditional agro-pastoralist mediation structures and the yearly coming of pastoralists, especially Chadians, to CAR may amplify the ongoing bush warfare.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2015/jan/08/central-african-republic-muslims-in-pictures

The fulani took over power and tried to suppress Christians




The war turned on the fulani and their are being slaughtered en masse and displaced


A hurriedly formed, largely Christian group called Anti-balaka countered ex-Seleka and overthrew Michel Djotodia, the man who was put in power after Bozize.

Since then, fighting has never really stopped. More than a million people have been displaced and half the population needs humanitarian aid.

See pictures below

https://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/africa/2018/02/violence-divides-car-christian-muslim-lines-180228162354756.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/09/displaced-cows-fulani-car-170919100345631.html

Since 2013, this rural war has forced many pastoralist communities to take refuge in Chad and Cameroon or to flee to other CAR regions, often after having walked for a long time. These displacements are exacting a heavy toll, causing the collapse of the livestock farming sector, the radicalisation of some pastoralist groups and the blockage of transhumance movements between Chad and CAR. These long-term obstacles to the stabilisation of the country must be addressed

https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-s-hidden-conflict



The Ruga settlement in Nigeria is actually a solution to the conflict in the Central African Republic and a fallout of the Fulani defeat.

The Fulani have cattle density and hence the proposal is stated below:


Reduce cattle density in south-western Chad by organising a regional consultation between Chadian, CAR, Cameroonian authorities and NGOs, under the aegis of MINUSCA, in order to identify in those countries safe areas with pasturelands for pastoralists. This should be a temporary settlement that requires the agreement of the host communities and the pastoralists.

https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-s-hidden-conflict





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