Nigeria, June 17 -- Hundreds of women from the Munga Lelau community in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday over the killing of their husbands during ongoing communal violence.

Dressed in black to mourn their loss, the women walked several kilometers to Karim, the council's headquarters. They carried placards with different messages and green leaves, singing sorrowful songs as they demanded government action.

The leader of the protest, Rejoice Ishmael Sunday, urged the state government to temporarily stop the movement of Fulani herders in the area. She described the violence as "genocide" and accused some security personnel of being involved in the attacks.

"We are being killed in our...