Pastoralism & Peacebuilding (page 13)
Cross-border mobility of Kenyan & Tanzanian Maasai
Using a recent incident of closing borders to movement of Maasai pastoralists between Kenya and Tanzania, Fiona Flintan reflects on how changes in land use and pressure on land are leading to changes in the traditional practices of reciprocal resource sharing between different groups of livestock-keepers, also across borders. This restriction in mobility of the […]
Pastoralist eviction, migration & livelihoods in Southern Tanzania
Scientists at the Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) studied the dynamics of forced livestock movements and pastoralist livelihoods in Lindi and Ruvuma Regions by interviewing 60 households of (agro)pastoralists and crop farmers. Results were published in 2014 in the article “Assessing dynamics of forced livestock movements, livelihoods and future development options for pastoralists/agro-pastoralists in Ruvuma […]
Towards peace & security in dryland Kenya
A discussion brief “Towards peace and security in dryland Kenya: the demand for a new approach” was issued in November 2014 by the Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative for Improved Policy and Practice in the Horn of Africa (DLCI) and the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group (PPG) in Kenya. The 7-page PPG brief looks at recent […]
Pastoralism & conflict in the Horn of Africa
Pastoralism – the predominant form of livestock keeping in the Horn of Africa – has always been a source of disputes and tensions in the region. So it is maybe no coincidence that precisely those countries with the largest cattle and camel herds should be the ones that have been suffering from prolonged armed conflict […]
Karamojong evicted after land acquisition in Uganda
Members of the Karamoja Development Forum compiled a 30-page report “Take anything, leave our land” (2015) on two cases of land acquisition by state agencies in Nakapiripirit and Napak Districts of the Karamoja Region in northeastern Uganda. They document events during 2013–14 that led to eviction of the Karamojong agropastoralists who had been living on […]