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2021-11-26 Africa Horn

43 killed in clashes in Sudan's restive Darfur: UN

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-11-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 In the 1980a drought persisted in Darfur and Khartoum responded by initiating an extensive well-drilling program. It was similar to programs then being undertaken in Chad and drought-stricken Africa. In Darfur the well-drilling projects were both an ecological disaster and a political mistake. The deep wells attracted camel and cattle nomads who, in turn, began to invade the land settled by villagers and sedentary farmers dependent on seasonal rainfall. Ironically, the deep wells influenced villagers to herd goats and sheep, something few had bothered with before. In time a wide circle of overgrazed land surrounded the deep wells. Gazelle, rabbit and fox vanished. As drought continued pasturage for cattle and camel nomads was harder to find; competition for land led ineluctably to inter-tribal and inter-ethnic conflicts. The pattern of man against nature and tribe against tribe continues today in northern Darfur, and has even spread to the south.

Posted by Bertie Crains2651 2021-11-26 07:17|| 2021-11-26 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Very interesting regional assessment BC.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-26 07:45|| 2021-11-26 07:45|| Front Page Top

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