Nairobi, April 28 -- In the Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent raids for livestock is finally subsiding - the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament campaign by the army.

But even as stability returns, divisions arising from class tensions, intergenerational friction, and animosities between raiders and government collaborators within communities may complicate future peace and reconciliation efforts.

In 2022 and 2023, I spent over a year conducting oral history research in Kotido District, an area of northern Karamoja inhabited by the Jie, an ethnic group of an estimated 240,000 people.

My research demonstrated that to properly address these deep intracommunal antagonisms, peace activis...