From Joseph Kony to Nile Perch: Complex Links Hook Armed Conflict to Fisheries

In “Africa’s smallest war,” both Kenya and Uganda lay claim to Migingo Island, a tiny island in the waters of Lake Victoria. While the claims are over the island, the conflict is about something else entirely: Lates niloticus, also known as Nile perch, a tasty white fish that swims in the waters surrounding the island. … Continue reading From Joseph Kony to Nile Perch: Complex Links Hook Armed Conflict to Fisheries