Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 5)
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 […]
Maasai in Tanzania displaced for nature conservation
In December 2023 – the same month as Maasai lawyer Joseph Oleshangay received the Human Rights Prize from the City of Weimar, Germany (see news item) – the Germany-based Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (Society for Threatened Peoples) issued a 50-page report in German on “Die Maasai in Tansania: gewaltsam vertrieben für den Naturschutz” (The Maasai […]
Promoting pastoralist heritage & alternative visions in northern Kenya
The article “The promotion of pastoralist heritage and alternative visions for the future of northern Kenya” by Zoe Cormack (Journal of Eastern African Studies 10(3): 548–567, DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2016.1266195) examines increasing claims of ‘heritage’ and ‘culture’ along the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor. It looks at how heritage is used to promote pastoralism, communal land […]