Some of the root causes of the conflict in the cluster include: few economic alternatives to livestock keeping; inadequate infrastructure, such as roads to markets; the availability of semi-automatic weapons from the Sudan and Somalia; unpredictable weather conditions leading to food insecurity; weakened community and other sanctions against cattle theft; as well as high bride prices, resulting in herds of up to 200 cattle in some communities, encouraging raiding among the youth.
Some of the root causes of the conflict in the cluster include: few economic alternatives to livestock keeping; inadequate infrastructure, such as roads to markets; the availability of semi-automatic weapons from the Sudan and Somalia; unpredictable weather conditions leading to food insecurity; weakened community and other sanctions against cattle theft; as well as high bride prices, resulting in herds of up to 200 cattle in some communities, encouraging raiding among the youth.