Pastoralism & Peacebuilding (page 14)
CELEP Voices&Views on capacity4dev.eu: Pastoralism & conflict
The CELEP focal points in Europe and Eastern Africa, Koen Van Troos and Peter Ken Otieno, collaborated with the pastoralism focal point in the European Commission, Roberto Aparicio-Martin, in contributing to Voices & Views on capacity4dev.eu (Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid). Their article on pastoralism and conflict can be found here. For further information on […]
Land investment, pastoralist rights & conflict in the Horn
A two-day international conference on “Large-scale agricultural investments in pastoral lowlands of the Horn of Africa: implications for minority rights and pastoral conflicts” was organised by Addis Ababa University’s Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in 2013. The 322-page book based on this conference, entitled A delicate balance: land use, minority rights and social stability […]
Certifying customary land-use rights of Tanzanian pastoralists
Communal lands are central to the livelihoods of many Tanzanians, particularly to pastoralists and hunter-gatherer groups, but numerous factors can threaten the security of these lands remaining “communal” and this, in turn, threatens the livelihoods of many people and cultures. Two civil-society organisations in Tanzania – the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) and Maliasili Initiatives […]
Contested margins of Afar Triangle in the Horn
The “Afar Triangle” straddles Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. For over a century, it has been at the centre of state building and contestation between state and society. Its current relevance lies in the overlapping contestations of power, economic development and nationhood that mark the struggles of the Afar people with […]
Pastoralism & conflict: perspectives from Eastern Africa
On 22 September 2014, CELEP and the External Cooperation Infopoint of the European Commission co-organised a lunch conference on pastoralism and conflict. Pastoralism is at the crossroads of many global issues such as land tenure, climate change, and food and nutritional security. Examples of challenges and success stories in managing emerging conflicts related to these issues […]