Peul
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Many Peul feel they have been marginalised by successive governments - a member of their community has never been president.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2013
The ruling party draws on the Malinke community for much of its support while the opposition is dominated by the Peul ethnic group.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2013
But tensions with his bitter opposition rivals, who mainly come from the Peul ethnic group - also known as the Fula - have not eased since the election.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2012
Conde, from the second most populous ethnic group, the Peul, took slightly more than 18 percent.
From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2010
Their victims were overwhelmingly Peul, the largest ethnic group in Guinea, and a major group in neighboring countries including Burkina Faso.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2010
They built their villages on high ground, with cliffs for lookouts and caves to hide in, and for centuries battled the Fula, or Peuls, who make up about 25 percent of Senegal’s population.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2021
Since protests resumed on Thursday, hundreds of police have been deployed to Conakry districts inhabited by ethnic Peuls loyal to the opposition, without succeeding in restoring calm.
From Reuters ● May 29, 2013
It took him three days to traverse the desert between Bondou and the districts beyond the Gambia, after which he penetrated into Niokolo, a mountainous country, inhabited by the all but wild Peuls and Djallons.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
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