Being an agro-pastoral mediator in Burkina Faso

In the Sahel, the number of conflicts opposing nomadic communities on access to natural resources has been steadily increasing along transhumance routes. Easily exploited, these local conflicts are feeding into larger inter-community conflicts which are in turn affecting regional security. In response to the growing risk of agro-pastoral conflicts becoming militarized, HD has been supporting networks of community mediators since 2015 in order to resolve conflicts around access to natural resources across Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad. Let’s meet Dakio Ourouba, agropastoral mediator in Doumbala, Burkina Faso.