Foreigners sponsor insurgency, loot resources in North-West - Zamfara Emir The Emir of Kwatarkwashi, His Royal Highness Abubakar Ahmad Umar, has blamed foreign collaborators and the presence of mineral resources for the worsening insecurity situation in Zamfara state and northern Nigeria. The Emir also said the disagreements between Fulanis and Hausas over cattle rearing were initially the main cause of the conflict, but the situation has been aggravated by the discovery of gold and other mineral resources in the region. Speaking to Defence Correspondents who visited his palace in Zamfara, the monarch...