In Chad, at least 22 people have been killed and 18 others injured in clashes between farmers and herders in the Western province of Hadjer-Lamis, this is according to the Chadian Authorities.

The provincial governor, Amina Kodjiana, told the AFP news agency that the conflict broke out on Saturday between the settled Boulala people and Arab nomads in the village of Zohana, some 200 kilometres east of the capital, N'Djamena.

Meanwhile, a government spokesman, Abdramane Koulamallah, said troops calm have since been restored following the deployment of troops to the affected area. 

Tensions between indigenous settled farmers and nomadic Arab herders in the region are longstanding and occasionally erupt into deadly clashes.