Zariba

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Two tikitts enclosed by a zariba in Mhaïreth
Soldiers (centre) standing behind a zariba which protects a village in Democratic Republic of the Congo during the time of Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition in 1890[1]

A zariba[2] (from Arabic: زَرِيْـبَـة, romanized: zarībah, lit.'cattle-pen') is a fence which is made of thorns. Historically, it was used to defend settlements[1][3] or property against perpetrators in Sudan and neighboring countries such as Chad and further south in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

An example would be as a pen to protect cattle and other livestock from predators such as lions, albeit often unsuccessfully.[4]

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