Tagged: pastoralist communities

Emergency Article
Children and animals draw water from wells.

Scarcity of water is making it almost impossible to grow food in Gao, Mali. The international community must act now to help the people facing a food crisis in West Africa.

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Meingatu Nesayo separating sheep that have just returned to Noomunye. Credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam

In late 2006, 1,000 pastoralist households were evicted by the Government in Southern Tanzania abitrarily. The Joint Oxfam Livelihoods Initiative in Tanzania and its allies in the Pastoralism and Land Group instituted a campaign.

Press Release
Farah Mahdi Ibrahim separating a goat kid from its mother after finishing the morning milking at her grandfather Egeh Hassan’s homestead in Wado Makahiil, Somaliland. Credit: David Levene/Oxfam

Pastoralists in the East Africa region are well placed to adapt to climate, with investment in appropriate policies, Oxfam said today.

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