Pastoralism & Peacebuilding (page 1)
Ngorongoro Maasai community meets with President of Tanzania
On 1 December 2924, 150 Maasai delegates from Ngorongoro, Loliondo and Sale met with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the State House in Arusha. Over the last two years, different actors have been urging the Government of Tanzania to create space for dialogue between the Government and Maasai communities living in Ngorongoro and Loliondo […]
Customary land governance among Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia
In Amibara District of Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia, a study was conducted among Afar pastoralists to explore the customary organisational structure and the rules and regulations used by the local communities in managing natural resources. In the article “Customary land governance and conflict resolution among the Debne and Weima Afar clans, northeast Ethiopia”, published […]
Explaining the basics of pastoralism in Africa
In April 2024, Tufts University’s Feinstein International Center and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) brought out a series of publications that will be very useful for explaining the basics of pastoralism to others. The publications were designed for staff of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners with […]
Managing Africa’s transboundary climate risks, with pastoralism cases
Transboundary climate risks can set back economic development gains, jeopardise trade and food security and impact infrastructure investments. The policy brief “How can Africa manage the transboundary climate risks it faces?” by Sarah Optiz-Stapleton et al (2023, 11pp), published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), highlights five significant transboundary climate […]
Pastoralist research on the Uganda–Kenya border
The report “One step forward two steps back, pastoralist researchers on the Uganda-Kenya border” (2023, 28pp, doi: 10.19088/IDS.2023.046) is a history of events affecting peace and security between October 2022 and May 2023. It is a diary of community research into borderland insecurity that gave community leaders evidence on why pastoralists continue to carry guns […]