Kampala — OVER 10,000 people lost their lives to violence fueled by cattle raids between 2003 and 2005, an analyst at the Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) Mr Raymond Kitevu has said.

"When we started collecting data from Karamoja we found out that about 10,000 people and over 9,000 head of cattle had lost lives to raids," he said."Communities are suffering and such conflict will continue unless structures are put in place to handle such issues."

He was speaking during a training workshop on Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution for the national conflict early warning units in Inter-governmental Authority on Development member states in Kampala on Tuesday.

The training was organised by Centre for Conflict Resolution in collaboration with CEWARN.

It was aimed at introducing the concept of conflict resolution to participants, enhancing capacity in addressing conflicts in areas where they work, and creating more understanding of the nature and roles of member states in implementing the work plan in the next five years among other objectives.