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Briefing paper

26th May 2020

COVID-19 in South Sudan’s Borderlands: A View From Northern ...

Nicki Kindersley, Joseph Diing Majok

National response to the virus has rapidly become a new factor in Sudan and South Sudan’s cross-border political economy.

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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Coronavirus Conflict Economies Borderlands

Briefing paper

18th May 2020

Khat and COVID-19: Somalia’s Cross-Border Economy in the Tim...

Sahra Ahmed Koshin

The impact on the khat trade in particular is a good illustration of the economy’s regional and international connections, and the effects of anti-COV...

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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Coronavirus Conflict Economies Borderlands

Briefing paper

7th May 2020

Beyond Relief: Securing Livelihoods and Agency for Rohingya ...

An exploration of mobility, hardship, and livelihoods among refugee families living in the camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Malaysia Bangladesh Transnational Flows Migration Conflict Economies Borderlands

Briefing paper

29th April 2020

South Sudan’s Food Imports in the Time of COVID

Edward Thomas

Coronavirus has caused import volumes into South Sudan to plummet by 50% – having profound effects on stressed food systems.

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Coronavirus Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Blog

29th April 2020

Living Off the Books

Hamza Meddeb

Economies in the Middle East and North Africa are suffering from supply chain problems due to the coronavirus.

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Middle East and North Africa Migration Coronavirus Conflict Economies

Video

27th April 2020

Yemen’s Catalogue of Woes

Michael Young

In an interview, Ahmed Nagi discusses the dangers of the coronavirus in a country already facing a terrible conflict.

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Middle East and North Africa Coronavirus

Briefing paper

21st April 2020

Grains as Life: The Value of Sorghum and Millet Amongst the ...

Deng Kuol

A story of preserving access to a valued variety of sorghum—ruath—by travelling into military occupied areas of Abyei.

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Borderlands

Video

15th April 2020

The Middle East’s Newest Front

Michael Young

In an interview, Harith Hasan and Kheder Khaddour discuss their recent paper on the Iraqi-Syrian border.

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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

15th April 2020

Women for Peace in the “Land of Promise”

Wahida A. Abdullah,

Mindanao, despite its legacy as a strife-ridden region, is still known to us as the “Land of Promise.”

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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia Coronavirus Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

14th April 2020

Peace and the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Conflict i...

Adam Burke

Disasters and crises—floods, earthquakes, wars, and of course pandemics—shine an unforgiving light on society’s problems and tensions. As the Covid-19...

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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Coronavirus Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

10th April 2020

How the Kayin BGF’s Business Interests Put Myanmar at Risk o...

As the coronavirus spread around the world from China in February, the Kayin State Border Guard Force smuggled into Myanmar thousands of Chinese worke...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Transnational Flows Borderlands

Briefing paper

4th April 2020

‘You Can Now Get Engaged’ – Meanings of Cassava Among the Po...

Luga Aquila

Discussion of how the movement of people and tubers is connected to changing marriage practices and the organization of family wealth.

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Gender Borderlands

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Khat and COVID-19: Somalia’s Cross-Border Economy in the Tim...

Beyond Relief: Securing Livelihoods and Agency for Rohingya ...

South Sudan’s Food Imports in the Time of COVID

Living Off the Books

Yemen’s Catalogue of Woes

Grains as Life: The Value of Sorghum and Millet Amongst the ...

The Middle East’s Newest Front

Women for Peace in the “Land of Promise”

Peace and the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Conflict i...

How the Kayin BGF’s Business Interests Put Myanmar at Risk o...

‘You Can Now Get Engaged’ – Meanings of Cassava Among the Po...

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