.... From December to April, the herders deploy their camps and pasture their reindeer in the

BUTTERWORTH: A cow herder appeared calm and composed as he acknowledged a murder charge involving a

A traditional leader in northern Cameroon, who also asked not to be named, told Reuters the violence began over access to water." The Arab Choa wanted to take their herds to the banks of a river.... The Mousgoum and Massa prevented them," the leader said. The United Nations refugee agency, which is responding to the crisis, said in a report in November that reduced rainfall in the area has dried up rivers and seasonal ponds that communities depend on, leading to clashes.... Similar violence in

Toker, who has been in touch with the migrants sporadically via cellphone, said the Taliban have already sent envoys into the Wakhan Corridor.... The envoys told the Kyrgyz they could continue their pastoral lifestyle, he said, but they also made a point of counting the animals, raising concern that they intended to tax or confiscate the livestock. The Taliban have not yet entered the area with force, Mr.... Toker said. But the U.S. military presence has shrunk to a small garrison to protect t

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Fay Yoemans, 54, runs a cake boutique in the small Market Hall shopping arcade near to the town’s castle.“ It’s very blatant now, ” she said.... I once saw a prominent local businesswoman going into the car park holding two ￡20 notes.... However Labour has scrapped the scheme and is poised to grant more than 60, 000 people asylum in the next year. Overall, net migration in the UK was 685, 000 last year, according to the ONS....

DOUALA( Reuters)-Clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least

, where clashes between herders and farmers are common, the AFP News Agency said on Sunday, citing the

herder is getting more difficult, ” he added....

In the deserts of Muthanna province, nomadic herders paint a grim picture an increasingly