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Poverty Causes Tribal Wars

New Vision (Kampala)
NEWS
October 18, 2004
Posted to the web October 18, 2004

By Charles Ariko
Kampala
SCARCE resources cause armed conflict among east African tribes, a study has
revealed.
The study conducted by an NGO, Partnership for African Sustainability (PAES),
said scarce resources were a result of environmental degradation, which
aggravated armed conflict.
The study was conducted in Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Burundi.
PAES chief executive Mersie Ejigu said many countries in Africa had experienced
massive deforestation, decline of soil fertility, pollution of rivers, flooding
and a high population growth.
He said a combination of these factors had negatively affected the environment,
fuelling armed conflict.
Ejigu said the communities competed for scarce resources to survive.

   

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