Lat. 9° 59′ 22.46″ N / Long. 34° 30′ 36.06″ E

Abraamo (Berta village)

Most inhabitants have gone to the market in Asosa. Our interlocutor is 16 years old. He speaks Arabic (with me) and Amharic (with the others). He tells us that two years ago, in winter (fii shitaaʿ), there were Mbororo (Fellata, Umm Bororo) in the area. There were only men and boys. The other members of the families had been left on the Sudanese side, in the Yabus area. They had 3,000 to 4,000 cattle with them. They came to the village to sell milk, cattle for slaughter, and even heifers for breeding. These died later in an epidemic, but some of their mixed offspring from Berta bulls have survived among the Berta. The Mbororo cattle are not disease resistant.

The Mbororo stayed near Fufur, 30 km west of Asosa. Their cattle did not come closer than Abush, 20 km south-west of Asosa. Mbororo men came to the market in this village. They did not go to Asosa town because they were afraid of the administration and the police. They did not come to the mosque.

Local people were worried about overgrazing with so many cattle around. In the end the SPLA raided the Mbororo, killing some, and took all of the cattle at Kudush, west of Asosa.