Ivan Lieman/AFP via Getty Images November 9, 2022 Kenya violence: 5 key drivers of the decades-long conflict in the north and what to do about them Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, University of Rwanda Conflict is prevalent in the region characterised by harsh climate, vast wilderness and low levels of development.
Cattle rustling is big business in Northern Nigeria. EPA/STR April 9, 2019 Why Nigeria’s insecure forests are fertile ground for cattle rustlers Ifeanyi Onwuzuruigbo, University of Pretoria Northern Nigeria’s cattle rustling problem is aggravated by the regions ungoverned forests.
Armed men protecting their livestock from rivals in a dry northern Kenya region which borders South Sudan and Uganda. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic December 16, 2016 With proliferation of small arms, absence of war does not equal peace Keith Somerville, University of Kent Ending a war is not enough. The challenge for post-conflict situations in Africa is to escape the inter-war lawlessness maintained and reproduced by groups that have access to arms.