Africa's drylands need right support listening to herders who live there

Locals at a watering hole in Kalokol in Turkana County. [Fred Kibor, Standard]

Africa’s drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other hand. Media stories tend to emphasise crises and scarcity, portraying these regions as peripheral and fragile.