Natural resource conflicts are common phenomena in pastoral and agro - pastoral areas of East Africa given the current developments in resource depletion and environmental degaradation . Ecological problems coupled with human factors (population density, settlment patterns and poor policy orientations ) have made pastoralists prone to recurrent droughts and famine. Competition over grazing land, water points and territorial disputes have resulted in violent inter -group conflicts and the resultant loss of life and property wreckage in the past several decades. The Afar people of northern...