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| Title: | Fighting for inclusion: conflicts among pastoralists in Eastern Africa and the Horn |
| Editors: | Goldsmith, Paul Ahmed, Hussein Babiker, Mustafa |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Pages: | 160 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Nairobi |
| Publisher: | Development Policy Management Forum (DPMF) |
| Geographic terms: | East Africa Northeast Africa |
| Subjects: | pastoralists conflict regional security government policy |
| Abstract: | Systems-based analysis of conflict, peace and security amongst the pastoralists in the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa suggests that pastoralist conflict is best understood against the larger tableau of the fundamental transition that is now overtaking the region. The research project of which this collective volume is the outcome was based on in-depth field research of conflicts in pastoral communities in five countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. Almost all the conflicts were cross-border, as if country boundaries did not exist. The volume includes policy briefs summarizing the present scientific understanding of the impact of pastoral conflicts on security and development, and suggesting policy and strategy recommendations with regard to conflict management, resolution and peacebuilding. The five case studies deal with pastoral conflicts among the Karimojong in the Karamoja region of Uganda (Peter O. Otim), raids and battles involving pastoralists in Kenya's Turkana district (Francis K. Wairagu), pastoral conflicts and livelihood disruptions in the Kenya-Ethiopia-Somali borderlands (Hussein A. Mahmoud), the link between Degodia-Boran Oromo conflicts in southern Ethiopia and the livestock trade (Hailu W. Michael), and natural resource management and land use conflicts in Gedaref state, Eastern Sudan (Mustafa Babiker). The introduction and conclusion are by Paul Goldsmith. [ASC Leiden abstract] |