Charcoal burning has reached a peak in rural areas in El-Afweyn district, in Somaliland’s Sanag region, putting drought-stricken pastoralists into conflict with the local authorities trying to stop deforestation. Ismail Hassan Guleid started burning charcoal in 2017, after losing his entire herd of 200 goats to drought in Rijimo village, 40 km from El-afweyn. In […]