West Central African Republic: with the Transhumance Season, Tensions Between Farmers and Breeders Are Re-Emerging

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In the Central African Republic, the transhumance season is in full swing in the dry season. Hundreds of oxen cross paths and villages in search of pastures and water points. For herders, it is a matter of survival. For many farmers, it is the beginning of a period of anxiety. In Bouar, in the prefecture of Nana-Mamberé, the climate is tense around this subject, reviving old and sometimes deadly tensions. The dry season, which reduces the natura…