Scarcity and surfeit : the ecology of Africa's conflicts

Deegaan, Politics and War in Somalia 331 Various local and international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Community-bas ...

332 Scarcity and Surfeit water points in most parts of the country, as nomads rely primarily on wells rather than on surface wat ...

Deegaan, Politics and War in Somalia 333 toralist systems and livestock exports. Deegaan is fundamental, therefore, to the viabi ...

334 Scarcity and Surfeit Sufficient availability of water is a perennial environmental problem in most of Somalia, where rainfal ...

Deegaan Politics and War in Somalia 335 There are no overriding policies for land and natural resource management owing to the b ...

336 Scarcity and Surfeit many areas, more powerful clans pushed their herds onto the farming and pasture lands of weaker groups ...

Deegaan. Politics and War in Somalia 337 Deegaan and Conflict in Jubbaland The Jubbaland region is located in the south-western ...

Scarcity and Surfeit are instead using many of the natural resources simultaneously."43Productive land is very scarce in the res ...

Deegann, Politics and War in Somalia 339 Jilaal season. Farmers in the Jubbaland keep some form of livestock and hence wish to p ...

340 Scarcity and Surfeit of the riverine envir~nment.~~ In addition to competition for the resources, there was also social fric ...

Deegaan. Politics and War in Somalia 341 water sources and pastures to replenish depleted herdss8 Hence, clans such as the Ogade ...

342 Scarcity and Surfeit encroachment onto lands occupied by other farmers and agro-pastoralists. Many 'displaced' pastoralists ...

Deegaan, Politics and War in Somalia 343 Understanding Deegaan Deegaan is central to the conflict in Jubbaland. To Somali, it co ...

344 Scarcity and Surfeit the Awlyahan, meanwhile, have formed alliances with the minority Majertein clan. However, control of de ...

Deegaan, Politics and War in Somalia 345 Few clans or sub-clans are able to dominate politically on their own, hence the formati ...

346 Scarcity and Surfeit Control of land and resources, in turn, is important to maintain the social relationships that underpin ...

Deegaan, Politics and War in Somalia 347 arms. Powerful clans use weapons to defend their newly acquired deegaan and the resourc ...

348 Scarcity and Surfeit Ogaden, the customary law is still applicable and is used to resolve conflict between various sub-clans ...

Deegaan, Politics and War in Somalia 349 An important part of the preceding assessment of deegaan and conflict in Jubbaland is h ...

350 Scarcity and Surfeit to sustain livestock herds, which are the basis of pastoral livelihoods. Historically, different pastor ...