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From Joseph Kony to Nile Perch: Complex Links Hook Armed Conflict to Fisheries

Posted: 01 Apr 2019 05:59 AM PDT

In "Africa's smallest war," both Kenya and Uganda lay claim to Migingo Island, a tiny island in the waters of Lake Victoria. While the claims are over the island, the conflict is about something else entirely: Lates niloticus, also known as Nile perch, a tasty white fish that swims in the waters surrounding the island. […] Related posts: Environmental Security in Times of Armed Conflict A Ukrainian Stand-Off: The Toxic Consequences of Armed Conflict in Donbass Fishing without...

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