In Mali and Niger, in the early to mid-1990's, the Tuaregs and other nomadic minority groups fought rebellions rooted in the difficulties of their changing lives.
Since the late 1970's, on and off, Tinariwen has been a voice for the Tuaregs, a nomadic minority who attempted a rebellion in 1990 against the government of Mali.
The Czech Republic is a home to around 300,000 Roma, a formerly nomadic ethnic minority that is largely impoverished, undereducated and unemployed.
Other militant factions in northern Mali included Ansar al-Dine, a group largely made up of members of Mali's nomadic Tuareg minority.
Many members of the once-nomadic Bedouin minority here serve in the military.
The lieutenant colonel, who lost an eye six years ago fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon, is a member of Israel's once-nomadic Bedouin minority, who are Muslim and Arab.
China's five major pastoral areas are in ethnic minority regions, and all of the peoples engaged in nomadic herding are ethnic minorities. .
Firstly, while Dinka form the bulk of the settled population, there is a significant minority of nomadic Arab groups, particularly the Misseriya who migrate seasonally through the region as they follow grazing resources.
There is a large but constantly declining minority of nomadic and seminomadic pastoralists in countries such as Saudi Arabia (probably less than 3%), Iran (4%), and Afghanistan (at most 10%).
The Fulani in Nigeria include the following: settled Fulani (many of whom are descendants of the aristocratic elite of what was previously known as Hausaland), semi-sedentary Fulani (often agro-pastoralists) and a minority group of nomadic pastoral Fulani subsisting entirely off their herds.
