Conflicts between farmers and herders against a backdrop of asymmetric threats in Mali and Burkina Faso / Serigne Bamba Gaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaye, Serigne Bamba, author.

Series:

FES peace and security series ; no. 28.

FES peace and security series ; no. 28

Standardized Title:

Conflicts entre agriculteurs et éleveurs dans un contexte de menaces asymétriques au Mali et au Burkina Faso. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Farmer-herder conflict--Mali.

Farmer-herder conflict.

Farmer-herder conflict--Burkina Faso.

Internal security--Mali.

Internal security.

Internal security--Burkina Faso.

Land use, Rural--Mali.

Land use, Rural.

Land use, Rural--Burkina Faso.

Mali--Rural conditions.

Mali.

Burkina Faso--Rural conditions.

Burkina Faso.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

31 pages ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Dakar-Fann, Senegal : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Peace and Security, Centre of Competence Sub-Saharan Africa, [2018]

Summary:

"In Sub-Saharan Africa, peace and security are threatened by multiple causes arising from the interaction of a variety of circumstances that contribute to the destabilization of the Sahel region and the weakening of peace and security in Mali and Burkina Faso. However, these threats should not overshadow the importance of older conflicts, such as those between farmers and herders. In a context of scarce resources, each group develops its own strategies to control and capture resources, sometimes in collusion with the local administration. This logic accentuates community conflicts against a backdrop of environmental deterioration and dwindling arable lands and pasturelands. In this context, Jihadist groups also flourish, controlling all or part of certain cross-border roads. Actors and issues in the Sahel interweave in attempts to control local resources in areas where State representation in terms of administration and defence and security forces is low or virtually inexistant. Through a multidisciplinary approach taking account of socio-political and economic aspects, this study provdes a concrete analysis of the links between the dynamics of natural resource appropriation by local communities and the development of terrorist groups in Mali and Burkina Faso, from a political economy perspective. It thereby helps us better understand these conflict situations and, above all, how the different actors play on them according to their interests and in the light of the context in which they take place"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Analysis of the context of conflicts between farmers and herders in Mali and Burkina Faso

Analysis of the actors and their internal dynamics

Changes in the dynamics of the actors in the light of changes in the context

Challenges to meet and opportunities to seize to build lasting peace between herders and farmers

Conclusion and Recommendations.

Notes:

"Translation from French: Carole Small Diop"--Title page verso.

Translation of: Conflicts entre agriculteurs et éleveurs dans un contexte de menaces asymétriques au Mali et au Burkina Faso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31).

ISBN:

9782490093076

249009307X

OCLC:

1101989760