Weakened local institutions, environmental pressures, and changes associated with uneven economic development have brought destitution to many people living in...
Livestock raiding and low intensity communal clashes over access to land and water have a long tradition among pastoralist and farming communities in Sudan’s...
Violent clashes between Habaniya and Reizegat Baggara pastoralists in 2006 are one of many communal conflicts originating from diminishing land and water...
Diminishing land resources, partly caused by spreading desertification and poor resource management, have intensified cattle raiding and territorial disputes...
Desertification, deforestation and environmental degradation have exacerbated resource conflicts between the Beni Halba and Gimir communities. Clashes over land...
Since the early 1980s, conflicts over land and water between Awlad Zeid and Zaghawa pastoralists have become more violent due to a variety of reasons including...
Conflict between the Jikany and Lou sections of the Nuer revolves around land and access to water for their cattle. Uneven disarmament by the government has...
Closely linked to South Sudan's deteriorating environmental conditions, communal conflicts over land, livestock and water have played an important part in the...
A local famer-herder conflict over grazing rights in the Mauritanian-Senegal border region has triggered a spiral of violence between Senegalese and...
Conflicts between farmers and herders, and between different pastoralist groups, in the Sahel frequently revolve around issues of contested land use (grazing vs...
Violent clashes between the Masalit and Reizegat Abbala are one of many conflicts originating from diminishing land and water resources in the wake of spreading...
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