The Somaliland Peace and Development Journal (SPDJ) is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Hargeisa. The journal’s core mission is to enhance understanding of peace, conflict management, and development through research and publication.
In its holistic multidisciplinary approach to research, the journal aims to increase the capacity of people to analyze and better understand the fundamental causes of social, economic, political, and environmental challenges through the facilitation of healthy and intellectual discussion.
Towards this goal, the journal foster the dialogue between academics, practitioners, and policymakers inside and outside of Somaliland on several issues related to peace, security, and development. Furthermore, the journal serves as a vehicle for broader dissemination of research findings to inform policymaking.
Towards this holistic objective, the journal focuses on the following thematic areas: conflict and development, political violence, violent extremism, governance and democracy in post-conflict settings, peace, conflict, and education, migration and climate change, and security.
Vol. 8 Articles
Ngekete’mboloh: Land-use Row in Upper Western Menchum River Valley (Cameroon), 1990s – 2019 Henry Kam Kah | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55569/spdj.24615
Abstract
This article examines explosively emergent agriculturist/pastoralist brawl in the ecologically endowed
uppermost western Menchum River Valley of North West Cameroon. The area is watered by River
Menchum and tributaries including Meteh and Mughom. The Kom/Wum Forest Reserve makes it rich in
biodiversity. Alluvial deposits along the river valley support intensive farming. Lumbering, hunting and
fishing are common activities in the area. The Menchum River valley is a major bread basket of Menchum
Division. Since the last decade of the 20th century, several hitherto unknown developments have led to cattle
occupation of farmlands and destruction of crops, row between agriculturists and pastoralists otherwise
known among the people as Ngekete’mboloh...
