IFAD / SUDAN WATER CONFLICTS
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In Sudan, frequent fighting between farmers and herders over water and grazing land causes injuries and deaths. According to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), access to water and conflict resolution centres can considerably help address the water wars. IFAD
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STORY: IFAD / SUDAN WATER CONFLICTS
TRT: 3:35
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 15 DECEMBER 2021, NORTH KORDOFAN, SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
1. Aerial shot, herders, cattle
2. Various shots, cattle, herders
3. Med shot, young boy on mule
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Yaseen El-Hassan, Mayor, Oumdaa:
“In recent times, we encountered disputes that led to many people fighting, and there were several deaths.”
5. Med shot, Man on a mule herding cattle
6. Med shot, child on a mule
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed, Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre:
“We sometimes had issues that resulted in homicide and murder.”
8. Aerial shot, rangeland
9. Aerial shot, Dried riverbed
10. Wide shot, Herders, cattle
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed, Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre:
“The most common main reason for the disputes between farmers and herders is trespassing an overtaking of the lands and resources whether it was from the herders doing it to the farmers, or the other way around.”
12. Various shots, herders and farmers, Conflict Resolution Centre
13. Close up, sign, Conflict Resolution Centre
14. Various shots, herders and farmers talking, Conflict Resolution Centre
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed, Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre:
“The Centre played a key role in alleviating these conflicts. All this was accomplished through the workshops, forums, and training courses.”
16. Various shots, herders and farmers receiving training, Conflict Resolution Centre
17. Various shots, Women receiving Pastoral training
18. Aerial shots, water pit
19. Various shots, women collecting water, water pit
20. Close up, goats and sheep drinking, water pit
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Awadeeyah Abdullah Omar, herder and farmer:
“Before, we faced a lot of hardships. before this water point was established, we used to drink from a very far water pit, and sometimes there is no water in it anyway, but now, this water point has solved that, and we have plenty of water for us and our livestock.”
22. Aerial shots, cattle drinking, water pit
STORYLINE:
In Sudan, frequent fighting between farmers and herders over water and grazing land causes injuries and deaths. According to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), access to water and conflict resolution centres can considerably help address the water wars.
Sudan is no stranger to conflict. Years of civil war have left the country unstable. And now, for the herders who look after the estimated 70 million cattle and camels in the region, the fight is overpowered but over access to land and water.
In the past ten years, things have turned particularly ugly.
Hassan Yaseen El-Hassan, Mayor of Oumdaa, Sudan, said that in recent times, “we encountered disputes that led to many people fighting, and there were several deaths.”
From the Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre, Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed said, “We sometimes had issues that resulted in homicide and murder.”
Sudan has one of the largest livestock sectors in Africa. It is also one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change.
Over the past few decades, more droughts and erratic rainfall have led herders and their animals to face considerable problems finding enough suitable grazing land and water.
As grazing areas have deteriorated, fighting over scarce resources has increased between farmers and nomadic herders.
Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed said, “the most common main reason for the disputes between farmers and herders is trespassing an overtaking of the lands and resources whether it was from the herders doing it to the farmers, or the other way around.”
A project funded by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sudan tries to solve the problem using conflict resolution centres, creating a peaceful co-existence between farmers and herders.
If fights break out, herders and farmers are encouraged to visit conflict resolution centres.
Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed highlighted, “The Centre played a key role in alleviating these conflicts. All this was accomplished through the workshops, forums, and training courses.”
This Centre in North Kurdufan has helped successfully solve more than 35 major disputes in the last five years. By bringing the parties together to talk and negotiate agreements and training in better resource management, the project has also built almost 200 water conservation pits to help relieve bottlenecks for herders trying to use the same groundwater points.
Awadeeyah Abdullah Omar, farmer and herder, commented, “before, we faced a lot of hardships. Before this water point was established, we used to drink from a very far water pit, and sometimes there is no water in it anyway, but now, this water point has solved that, and we have plenty of water for us and our livestock.”
These measures have helped over 78 thousand families in the region. These herders may still have to battle the changing climate, but at least they no longer have to fight over water.
TRT: 3:35
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 15 DECEMBER 2021, NORTH KORDOFAN, SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
1. Aerial shot, herders, cattle
2. Various shots, cattle, herders
3. Med shot, young boy on mule
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Yaseen El-Hassan, Mayor, Oumdaa:
“In recent times, we encountered disputes that led to many people fighting, and there were several deaths.”
5. Med shot, Man on a mule herding cattle
6. Med shot, child on a mule
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed, Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre:
“We sometimes had issues that resulted in homicide and murder.”
8. Aerial shot, rangeland
9. Aerial shot, Dried riverbed
10. Wide shot, Herders, cattle
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed, Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre:
“The most common main reason for the disputes between farmers and herders is trespassing an overtaking of the lands and resources whether it was from the herders doing it to the farmers, or the other way around.”
12. Various shots, herders and farmers, Conflict Resolution Centre
13. Close up, sign, Conflict Resolution Centre
14. Various shots, herders and farmers talking, Conflict Resolution Centre
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed, Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre:
“The Centre played a key role in alleviating these conflicts. All this was accomplished through the workshops, forums, and training courses.”
16. Various shots, herders and farmers receiving training, Conflict Resolution Centre
17. Various shots, Women receiving Pastoral training
18. Aerial shots, water pit
19. Various shots, women collecting water, water pit
20. Close up, goats and sheep drinking, water pit
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Awadeeyah Abdullah Omar, herder and farmer:
“Before, we faced a lot of hardships. before this water point was established, we used to drink from a very far water pit, and sometimes there is no water in it anyway, but now, this water point has solved that, and we have plenty of water for us and our livestock.”
22. Aerial shots, cattle drinking, water pit
STORYLINE:
In Sudan, frequent fighting between farmers and herders over water and grazing land causes injuries and deaths. According to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), access to water and conflict resolution centres can considerably help address the water wars.
Sudan is no stranger to conflict. Years of civil war have left the country unstable. And now, for the herders who look after the estimated 70 million cattle and camels in the region, the fight is overpowered but over access to land and water.
In the past ten years, things have turned particularly ugly.
Hassan Yaseen El-Hassan, Mayor of Oumdaa, Sudan, said that in recent times, “we encountered disputes that led to many people fighting, and there were several deaths.”
From the Conflict Mitigation and Peacebuilding Centre, Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed said, “We sometimes had issues that resulted in homicide and murder.”
Sudan has one of the largest livestock sectors in Africa. It is also one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change.
Over the past few decades, more droughts and erratic rainfall have led herders and their animals to face considerable problems finding enough suitable grazing land and water.
As grazing areas have deteriorated, fighting over scarce resources has increased between farmers and nomadic herders.
Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed said, “the most common main reason for the disputes between farmers and herders is trespassing an overtaking of the lands and resources whether it was from the herders doing it to the farmers, or the other way around.”
A project funded by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Sudan tries to solve the problem using conflict resolution centres, creating a peaceful co-existence between farmers and herders.
If fights break out, herders and farmers are encouraged to visit conflict resolution centres.
Dalia Mohamed Ismael Ahmed highlighted, “The Centre played a key role in alleviating these conflicts. All this was accomplished through the workshops, forums, and training courses.”
This Centre in North Kurdufan has helped successfully solve more than 35 major disputes in the last five years. By bringing the parties together to talk and negotiate agreements and training in better resource management, the project has also built almost 200 water conservation pits to help relieve bottlenecks for herders trying to use the same groundwater points.
Awadeeyah Abdullah Omar, farmer and herder, commented, “before, we faced a lot of hardships. Before this water point was established, we used to drink from a very far water pit, and sometimes there is no water in it anyway, but now, this water point has solved that, and we have plenty of water for us and our livestock.”
These measures have helped over 78 thousand families in the region. These herders may still have to battle the changing climate, but at least they no longer have to fight over water.
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