Common notions about the source of communal land conflict in Africa have long explained it
as growing out of conditions of environmental scarcity. This article argues instead that the …

Armed civil conflicts carry various costs which strongly affect the living conditions of
households at the time of the conflict and for many years thereafter. Most households …

This paper offers a framework for analysing the effects of armed conflicts on households and
the ways in which households in turn respond to and cope with the conflicts. It distinguishes …

Agriculture is an important source of economic survival of rural populations, and with great
power for poverty reduction in the economy. For this reason farming systems that are most …

Historically, climate change is often associated with movement/migration from one region to
the other. This in turn has led to conflict over identity, space and economy between the …

Pastoral activities of the Fulani nomads in Ibarapa East Local Government Area (LGA) of
Oyo state Nigeria had come with some challenges over the years of interacting with their …

In this paper, we examine the argument that power-sharing arrangements may reduce the
risk of civil conflict by lessening the stakes of democratic political contestation by …

In the Mopti region of Mali, the livelihoods of most people depend on agriculture and
pastoralism. Here, a variety of socio-professional groups–such as herders, farmers and …

The research on the relationship between inequality and domestic political violence is
ambiguous. The case study literature argues that countries with an unequal distribution of …

Conflict is inevitable in human society and the government agencies charged with the
responsibility of restoring peace and conflict resolution have not really given the desired …