Chapter
7:
Case
studies
in
Sana’a
basin
Chapter
7.
Case
studies
in
Sana’a
basin
Key
message:
•
The
cases
investigated
in
Sana’a
are
three
cases
with
different
causes
of
conflict.
People
nowadays
choose
multiple
strategies
to
resolve
their
conflicts.
When
tribal
arbitration
fails
to
resolve
conflicts,
mediation
is
used.
Mediators
are
more
successful
than
arbiters,
but
even
then
“only
good
and
non-‐partisan
mediators
are
helpful”
according
to
focus
group
participants
from
Shahik.
They
all
agree
that
mediators
are
more
successful
in
resolving
conflicts.
Perhaps
because
mediators
are
not
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