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Nomads of Benin - Driven Away by Drought

June 12, 2023

Boubé is a nomad. He belongs to a Beninese pastoralist tribe called the Fulani. Due to climate change, there is a great shortage of water on their seasonal migration through West Africa.

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Dokumentation " Benin - Flucht vor der Dürre "
Image: STEPS
Dokumentation " Benin - Flucht vor der Dürre "
Image: STEPS

As a result, conflicts with the local farmers occur again and again.

In the hills of central Benin, the dry season is getting tougher every year. The Fulani herders living there have to travel further and further, in ever-larger groups in order to be able to provide for their cattle herds.

 

 

Dokumentation " Benin - Flucht vor der Dürre "
Image: STEPS

Boubé, a young man in his 30s who comes from a long line of Fulani herders accustomed to migratory herding, knows that with each season that passes, tensions between local farmers and nomadic herders run increasingly high.

After all, water shortages caused global warming are also impacting farmers. They’re reluctant to share their water sources with the Fulani herdsmen.

 

Dokumentation " Benin - Flucht vor der Dürre "
Image: STEPS

But this year, Boubé doesn't want to stand idly by and aims to mediate between the parties. He’s well aware that the conflict between herders and farmers over the division of land and water could escalate.

 

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