Sentences with phrase «nomadic herdsman»

2012 Goldman Prize recipient Ikal Angelei recently shared a link to a stirring video posted on the Yale e360 blog about the struggle between nomadic herdsman in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya - whose survival depends on access to the Omo River and Lake Turkana.

The 85 personnel, who were dispatched from the Police Headquarters last week to calm tensions and protect lives and properties at Dwerebease and Hweehwee after reprisal attacks between nomadic herdsmen and some farmers, which led to the death of some 8 people, are struggling to access water which they say is affecting their work.

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, has called for more security presence in the Region following the recent clashes between residents and nomadic herdsmen off Fulani extraction.

This particular cattle owner said he has lost over 70 of his cattle after they were reportedly killed by members of the task force set up to flush out nomadic herdsmen in the Akyem North District.

Following complaints of alleged atrocities being committed by nomadic herdsmen and the destruction of farms in Agogo in the Ashanti Region and parts of the Eastern Region, government re-launched Operation Cow leg which comprised police and military personnel tasked to flush out the herders and their cattle from those areas.

He also visited the middle belt states of Taraba, Plateau and Benue, which have been hit by clashes over grazing land between nomadic herdsmen and farmers.

He explained that, no timelines can be given in evicting the nomadic herdsmen hence the communities have been asked to understand the difficulties in dealing with the matter.

He explained, most of the nomadic herdsmen from the accounts of the residents are those who always wield guns and attack them.

However, efforts are in place to manage the situation better and in doing so, the Ashanti Regional Security Council is working closely with the Eastern Regional Council to resolve the invasion of nomadic herdsmen holistically.

The Catholic Bishops Conference has asked government to take strict action against the canker of vigilantism, and also deal with the deteriorating activities of land guards and nomadic herdsmen to improve general security in the country.

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At issue is the right of the nomadic herdsmen to graze their cattle, which invariably infringes on the right of the farmers to plant and harvest their crops.

Esther Polak's NomadicMILK (2009) follows dairy transporters and Fulani nomadic herdsmen in Nigeria, mapping both their routes with GPS to visualize the variety and economics of dairy transportation that take place throughout Nigeria.

Esther Polak's NomadicMILK (2009) follows dairy transporters and Fulani nomadic herdsmen in Nigeria, mapping both their routes with GPS to visualise the variety and economics of dairy transportation that take place throughout Nigeria.

Not exact matches

Luka Binniyat has been remanded in custody by Kaduna State High Court after being accused of publishing a false report of an attack by nomadic Fulani herdsman.

Across the «middle belt» that separates Nigeria's north from its south, nomadic ethnic Fulani herdsmen, mostly Muslim, have clashed with indigenous, mostly Christian farmers over grazing land for generations, and the conflicts have intensified since 2011, according to the report.

The Eastern Regional Security Council is considering a revival of «Operation Cow Leg» to address conflicts between mostly local farmers and nomadic Fulani herdsmen.

«Fulani herdsmen, nomadic cattle grazers, have been named one of the deadliest terror groups in the world comparable to Boko Haram, ISIS, the Taliban and al - Shabaab.

BBC Nigeria correspondent Mayeni Jones says an increasingly sectarian conflict is affecting central Nigeria, where nomadic Fulani herdsmen and local farmers have been clashing over grazing land.

These days, the mention of nomadic Fulani herdsmen seems to have become a presage to reports of mindless killings of farmers and wanton destruction of crops across the country.

He said, «We have nomadic teams, specifically deployed to track these Fulani herdsmen, who often infiltrate the state from local government areas, which have water bodies surrounding them, with a view to preventing them from wreaking havoc in the state.»