Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 4)
Donor funding weakened Barabaig land-rights movement in Tanzania
From the 1960s to the 1990s, Barabaig pastoralists in Hanang District of Arusha Region, Tanzania, sustained a vibrant grassroots social movement that agitated to reclaim the grazing land from which they had been removed under Tanzania’s post-independence nationalisation programme. This land had been taken over for development of parastatal wheat farms. However, by the year […]
Community solutions to insecurity on Uganda–Kenya border
In the Karamoja and Turkana borderlands of Uganda and Kenya, there is widespread violence including armed robbery, rape and human rights abuses. The 4-page Policy Briefing “Community solutions to insecurity along the Uganda–Kenya border” (2023) highlights how different insecurities reinforce each other in ways aggravated by the international border. It stresses the need for fulfilment […]
Policy to avoid conflict between herders & crop farmers in Tanzania
The brief (9-page) article “Analysis of silence in policy on farmers-pastoralists conflict in the hotspot districts of Tanzania” by Parit Saruni, published in Academia Letters (2021, Article 4125, https://doi.org/10.20935/AL4125) reviews various policies, acts and strategies affecting the coexistence of farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania. The review is guided by the belief that pastoralism is not […]
MISA condemns UNESCO mission to Ngorongoro, Tanzania
On 3–9 February 2024, a UNESCO mission investigated allegations of human rights violations against Maasai pastoralists in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), a World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania. The Tanzanian civil society and international organisations in MISA (Maasai International Solidarity Alliance), which includes CELEP, expressed serious concerns that the mission was not publicly announced […]
Managing variability, governing security – policies affecting pastoralists
A policy brief from the PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience) project, “Managing variability, governing security: how do policies affect livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa drylands?” (2022, 8pp) by Michele Nori, examines the changing policy landscape for pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. In addition to all the uncertainties that […]