Intercommunal violence, insurgency, and agropastoral conflict in the Lake Chad Basin region
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The Lake Chad Basin region has experienced a steep increase in violence and instability since 2010, associated with ethnic identity conflict, ecological degradation, and insurgency. This article explores the association between the activities of insurgency groups – focussing on the perpetration of violence against civilians and state actors – and agropastoral conflict, against a background of ecological stresses in this region. The article finds a pattern of close spatial and temporal proximity between agropastoral conflict and insurgency violence, suggesting that there is a significant intersection and overlap between socio-economic grievances, compounded by ecological stresses, and violent instability.
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Recent evidence suggests unusually low rainfall was at least one conflict driver, interacting with others, in Syria and Western Africa.
“Recent evidence suggests, however, that unusually low rainfall was at least one conflict driver (interacting with others, presumably more important) both in Syria (Ash and Obradovich 2020, Dinc and Eklund 2023) and Western Africa (Newman et al 2023).”
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- Authors
- Newman, E., Khiabani, P. H., & Chandran, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Newman, Edward
- Venue
- Small Wars & Insurgencies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2023-09-12
- Pages
- 1-31
- ISSN
- 0959-2318 (ISSN-L)
- 1743-9558
- OpenAlex
- W4386687939
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 4.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Small Wars and Insurgencies (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Georgetown University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Keywords
- intercommunal violence, insurgency, Lake Chad Basin, ethnic identity conflict, ecological degradation, violence against civilians, socio-economic grievances, pastoralism
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