Geo-political concerns

Dr. Ciro De Quadros tells us here of political difficulties in specific localities in Ethiopia, which made fieldwork very difficult – he underlines here the importance of developing a better understanding of local political and cultural factors. De Quadros also talks about the last Ethiopian case in the Ogaden desert region, which was largely populated by nomadic communities that did not respect national borders as they were drawn on official maps; this, he argues, caused difficulties in investigating – and reporting on – trans-national importations.