This is according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Africa Borderlands Centre (ABC) new report "Promise, Peril and Resilience: Voices of Agropastoralists in Africa's Borderland Regions". The report is based on direct testimonies from over 1,042 agropastoralists living in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda. Key findings from the report indicate that conflict and security threats significantly impact borderland communities. UNDP through the ABC is supporting the realization of borderland agropastoralists’ needs by listening, learning and curating solutions to their development challenges. "This is a first of its kind, and I hope future works will build on this foundation,” said the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya, Stephen Jackson.

Source: The Star December 11, 2022 13:59 UTC