Uganda’s fight against cattle raiders dividing Karamoja people
A family plant groundnuts in Kachinga, Karamoja, Uganda. Natural disasters, locusts, armyworms, and raids by heavily armed cattle thieves have for decades battered the region. PHOTO | POOL
In the Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent raids for livestock is finally subsiding – the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament campaign by the army.
But even as stability returns, divisions arising from class tensions, intergenerational friction, and animosities between raiders and government collaborators within communities may complicate future peace and reconciliation efforts.
