Pastoralism & Peacebuilding (page 2)
Community solutions to insecurity on Uganda–Kenya border
In the Karamoja and Turkana borderlands of Uganda and Kenya, there is widespread violence including armed robbery, rape and human rights abuses. The 4-page Policy Briefing “Community solutions to insecurity along the Uganda–Kenya border” (2023) highlights how different insecurities reinforce each other in ways aggravated by the international border. It stresses the need for fulfilment […]
Policy to avoid conflict between herders & crop farmers in Tanzania
The brief (9-page) article “Analysis of silence in policy on farmers-pastoralists conflict in the hotspot districts of Tanzania” by Parit Saruni, published in Academia Letters (2021, Article 4125, https://doi.org/10.20935/AL4125) reviews various policies, acts and strategies affecting the coexistence of farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania. The review is guided by the belief that pastoralism is not […]
Pastoralists’ approaches to peacebuilding in Ethiopia–Kenya borderlands
The Future Agricultures Working Paper 22 “The long conversation: customary approaches to peace management in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya” (2011, 24pp) by Patta Scott-Villiers et al seeks to contribute to a better understanding of peacebuilding among pastoralists. From a pastoralist perspective, it throws light on the achievement of peace in a five-year effort led […]
Pastoralism in Uganda: a textbook
Pastoralism in Uganda: theory, practice, and policy by CD Waiswa et al (2019, 282pp) is a textbook published by Gulu University, Makerere University, Center for Basic Research, Karamoja Development Forum, IIED (International Institute of Environment & Development) and Tufts University Feinstein International Center. It helps students understand how pastoralism functions as a system; contributes to […]
Conflict, climate change, food security & mobility in Karamoja
The report “Conflict, climate change, food security and mobility in the Karamoja Cluster: a study to analyse interactions among conflict, food security, climate change, migration and displacement factors” (2023, 40pp) presents the findings of a study made between November 2021 and April 2022. The study analysed resource-based conflicts in the Karamoja Cluster to find out […]