War on the Hoof

Regional security in Africa and livestock conflicts

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5724116
AutoresLawrence E Cline (0000-0002-6174-325X, Buffalo State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas87-105
Data de publicação2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSmall Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09592318.2020.1672965
OpenAlexW2991398373
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas6

Cattle rustling and conflicts between herders and farmers have long existed in several areas in Africas. In recent years, however, both security challenges have increased exponentially. The extent of the problem, exacerbated both by organized crime links and corruption, has reached levels in which it should now be viewed as a national security issue. This particularly is the case due to most of the criminality and conflicts occurring in border regions and involving cross-border operations. The rise of local uncontrolled armed groups, significant conflict between ethnic groups, inability of the regional governments to gain control of peripheral areas, and the increased politicization of the conflicts all indicate an environment that is highly conducive for creating the rise of insurgent movements

Border Security · Business · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Hoof · International trade · Language change · Livestock · National security · Organised crime · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security forces · Small arms · Sociology · Law · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology