Across the world, traditional indigenous societies are at risk of losing their livlihoods, threatened by drought, environmental degradation, overpopulation, armed conflicts, and the hard realities of life on earth in the twenty-first century. Nowhere are those troubling realties more stark than in Karamoja.

Over the vast savannah and plains of northeast Uganda, the proud Karimojong have lived and roamed with their herds of cattle for centuries. Today, however, Uganda's warrior nomads stand at a crossroads.  Cattle raiding gone amok and environmental pressures have led to humanitarian crisis. Efforts  involving Ugandan government initiatives, NGOs, and the people of Karamoja themselves have intensified. They include education, disarmament, peace processes, resource management, controlled grazing, and grassroots community organisation just to name some of the necessary efforts.

Dialogues about such issues are critical to Karamoja's future whether they occur at gatherings of Karimojong elders outside of Manaty or on an internet forum between professional and stakeholders in the region. So you are welcomed to express your thoughts here.

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