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Urban Elites’ Livestock Exacerbate Herder-Farmer Tensions in Africa’s Sudano-Sahel

Posted: 09 Jun 2019 09:01 PM PDT

Urban elites who live in Khartoum, Sudan, own many of the herds of cattle that enter Chinko Protected Area in eastern Central African Republic each dry season.In recent years, conflict between herders and farmers for access to increasingly scarce natural resources in Africa's Sudano-Sahel has escalated. While the problems fueling these tensions are both hyper-local […] Related posts: The Nuts and Bolts of a Climate-Conflict Link in East Africa Urban Risk or Resilience? Opportunities for...

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