This article looks at practices of everyday governance in the territory that spans the national border between Somalia and Kenya—the activities and interactions that residents undertake to resolve disputes, organize welfare and development, negotiate for security and protect people and the environment. On the Somalia side of the border, the latest chapter in the 30-year war is unfolding with a complex of state, sub-state, clan, and insurgent armed actors in contention. On the Kenya side, national forces are stationed along the national border to counter the incursions of al-Shabaab, an insurgency that began in Somalia in the mid-2000s.
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