Conclusion

Farmer-Pastoralist Interactions and Resource-Based Conflicts in Africa: Drivers, Actors, and Pathways to Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

“…While recent literature (e.g., Setrana & Kyei 2021; Tieku et al 2021) is replete with reports and studies of growing conflicts between these groups, primarily over competition for access to land and water, and emerging landscapes of insecurities spanning several regions, this forum seeks to combine an analysis of the drivers of conflicts with the ways social energies are being harnessed in the pursuit of conflict transformation across Africa. Drawing on cases from both West and East Africa, the forum examines the ways in which globalization, climate and environmental change, increased access to small arms and light weapons, contested citizenship rights, governance deficits, and the emergence of community-based associations have impacted inter-group and intra-group relations across many African countries.…”