What’s new? In 2019, Nigerian authorities launched a ten-year National Livestock Transformation Plan to curtail the movement of cattle, boost livestock production and quell the country’s lethal herder-farmer conflict. But inadequate political leadership, delays, funding uncertainties and a lack of expertise could derail the project. COVID-19 has exacerbated the challenges.
Why did it happen? Violence fuelled by environmental degradation and competition over land has aggravated long-running tensions in the country’s northern and central regions. A surge in bloodshed in 2018 prompted Nigeria’s federal government to formulate a far-reaching set of reforms for the livestock sector.
Why does it matter? The new Plan represents Nigeria’s most comprehensive strategy yet to encourage pastoralists to switch to ranching and other sedentary livestock production systems. Modernising the livestock sector is key to resolving the herder-farmer conflict, which threatens Nigeria’s
Cuts to vital conflict resolution funds to impact fragile states
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30 Apr 2021
The UK Government has stopped funding a vital programme working to prevent violence and build peace in three of the world’s most fragile states.
A promised £12 million over 4 years of funding to a group of organisations, led by conflict resolution organisation Conciliation Resources, for innovative work to prevent and respond to violent conflict, has been completely cut at the start of its third year. This news leaves communities in Myanmar, the Central African Republic, and Boko Haram-affected northeast Nigeria, vulnerable at a time of rising conflict and persistent violence.
Analysis: On Myanmar, ASEAN pushes boundaries of non-interference reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Published: 26 Apr 2021 11:04 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Apr 2021 11:04 PM BdST A woman prepares a placard out of crossed out portraits of Myanmar s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during protest against the military coup in Myanmar, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto/ via REUTERS
Few had high hopes that a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which counts Myanmar among its members, would produce any serious initiative to end the bloodshed after Myanmar s coup, with the junta leader himself in attendance. );
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Yet the summit s concluding consensus statement - accepted by all member states including Myanmar - did stretch the bounds of ASEAN s longstanding principle of non-interference in members internal affairs.
Analysis-On Myanmar, ASEAN pushes boundaries of non-interference
FILE PHOTO: A woman prepares a placard out of crossed out portraits of Myanmar s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during protest against the military coup in Myanmar, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto/ via REUTERS reuters tickers
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April 26, 2021 - 15:54
By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Few had high hopes that a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which counts Myanmar among its members, would produce any serious initiative to end the bloodshed after Myanmar s coup, with the junta leader himself in attendance.