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Article: Climate change clash in Africa; Uganda's Karimojong herders are the latest example of how global warming contributes to increased fighting.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 20, 2006
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Byline: Tristan McConnell Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
NAKAPIRIPIRIT, UGANDA -- It's been a bloody first half of the dry season in Uganda's Karamoja region. October to February is the time when grass turns brittle, mud dries and cracks, and competition for scarce resources increases. More than 40 people have died in recent weeks in fighting between Karimojong warriors and the Ugandan Army in the arid northeast of the country.
The semi-nomadic Karimojong are pastoralists who protect their cows, violently if necessary. The warriors are well armed and this has put them on a collision course with Uganda's government. But the recent clashes ...