Farmer-Herder Clashes Add to Tension in CAR

An observer group is looking for ways to restore friendly relations between cattle herders and farmers in the Central African Republic and stop the violence that has been tearing the country apart for two years. A mission of livestock experts from a national cattle herders federation, international aid groups, and U.N. and government agencies recently visited rural areas of the country and found that nomadic and seminomadic cattle herders are generally not welcome in agricultural areas....

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