The new administrations reportedly favoured in some instances the nomadic Arab tribes to the detriment of the Zaghawa and the Massaleet, for example by promising them land rights in areas traditionally inhabited by the latter.

The social structure of the nomadic Somalis is family and clan based.

Recently, the expansion of the Maaleh Adumim settlement has given rise to repeated forcible expulsions from its vicinity of members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe.

The number killed during this incident was 294 Massaleet and 74 belonging to the Missirya, Rizeighat and other nomadic tribes.

Members of the nomadic Aulad Zeid tribe told Human Rights Watch that rebels had stolen 4,000 female camels (nagah) from their tribe in 2003, from different locations.

Several sources reported in this period serious inter tribal clashes and fighting in western Darfur between the Rizeighat, Missirya and other smaller Arabic nomadic tribes on the one hand, and the Zaghawa and Massaleet tribes on the other.

Seventh, the rebel movements should commit themselves not to block or disrupt peaceful seasonal movements of nomadic tribes and their cattle.

A DMS can also offer unique tourism experiences, such as a stay with a nomad tribe in Kenya, by incorporating local SMEs.

In the Eastern Jebel Marra area (Southern Darfur), nomadic tribal militia are present in large numbers and continue to patrol the abandoned villages of Abu Jabra and Tege.

The New Model Nomad

Restrictions on nomadic ways of life

Mongolia is a nomadic State.

I guess one part of me has always been a nomad, physically and spiritually.

Bedouins like ourselves, eh, Esmeralda?

(c) Nomads, pastoralists, hunter gatherers and shifting cultivators

In Abyei, UNMIS hosted the first meeting in many years between Dinka Ngok and Missiriya leaders to discuss the seasonal migration of Missiriya nomads through Dinka Ngok farming areas, and other issues that could lead to conflict between the two tribes.

However, policies to replace pastoralism with sedentary cultivation in rangelands can contribute to desertification.

The nomads were ordered to pay restitution.

Approximately one third of the population is nomadic.

The migration of nomadic groups and their herds has increased the burden on an already fragile security and economic environment and has heightened competition with local tribes, internally displaced persons and armed groups for access to scarce water supplies and grazing lands.

The leaders agreed to revive the biannual tribal conferences that used to be held in the 1960s to solve problems between nomads and farmers.

My family moved we're nomads.

In addition, training as a sheep farmer and training in tourist trades are offered.

They therefore stray to seek other pastures and thereby incur additional labour for the herders.

Just as fish swim and birds fly, people form tribes. It's just what we do.

You're really rubbing shoulders with the world's last great nomadic people.

He was not convinced that the Traveller community itself wished to be regarded as such.

Falling Blocks Game

In several African countries, sectoral grazing legislation has transferred responsibility for management of natural resources to the pastoral communities, yet without giving them any real decision making power.

Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA) economic activities of women in pastoral and agropastoral societies in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia conventional dam management of floodplain rivers in the dry tropics forestry in grazing systems.

And these migratory beekeepers are the last nomads of America.

Particular difficulties regarding nomadic peoples were brought to the attention of the Working Group.

Pastoralist systems are 20 more productive than traditional ranching methods. And pastoralists are more market savvy than many believe the Horn of Africa s pastoral livestock and meat trade is estimated to be worth 1 billion.

Police forces include not only the regular police but also sometimes the Popular Police and newly constituted units such as the Nomadic Police .

Farmers are also continuously harassed by militia and nomadic groups.

In one notable example, on 25 August the SLM A attacked nomadic herders near the village of Al Malam in South Darfur.

Clashes between farming groups and nomads were regular, as was the use of traditional reconciliation mechanisms.

44. The peoples of Kuwait came from Arabia about 200 years ago they include nomads, shepherds and pearl fishers.

The first major incident reportedly took place in August 1995 when groups of nomadic tribesmen armed with guns attacked villages of the Massaleet (known as a traditional constituency of the opposition Umma Party, banned after 1989).

About 500 people from Urumqi Investment Promotion Bureau, Commerce Bureau, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau, Tourist Administration and other departments and enterprises and media attended the talkfest.

They also reportedly threw water at him while they questioned him about the whereabouts of the guerrilla forces.

The general features of the rural context are poverty, the technological backwardness of most of the small producers, and the economic decline of the farming sector.

These fundamentalists, becoming bandits of sorts, came to terms with the nomadic traffickers. All, including the traffickers, ended up embracing the fundamentalist rhetoric of revenge against infidels.

Nomadic societies and peoples have played a crucial role in the interaction between different civilizations, as for thousands of years they have served as a bridge between world civilizations.

One soldier allegedly took off his belt and beat her on the back, while they were questioning her regarding the whereabouts of the guerrillas.