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16th April 2025

From peacekeeping to proxy wars: gender violence in eastern ...

Annie Bunting, Heather Tasker, SOFEPADI
Multiple factions involved in the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are committing sexual and gender-based violence against displac...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

16th April 2025

From peacekeeping to proxy wars: impacts of the current conf...

Annie Bunting, Heather Tasker, SOFEPADI
The ongoing conflict has resulted in widespread forced displacement that has included alarming levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and s...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Blog

9th April 2025

Where are women’s voices in water and land management in Uga...

Resty Naiga
Uganda’s progressive approaches to refugee management and integration have rightly drawn praise; but there is room for improvement in engaging women r...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Gender Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Thinking about Borderlands: Observations and implications fr...

Observations derived from the XCEPT programme’s research, and thoughts on the future direction borderlands research might take.
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Localisation of Research and Evidence Generation in Conflict...

Zaki Ullah, Pamela Combinido
Practical lessons and guidance from the X-Border Local Research Network (LRN)’s experience on supporting equitable, locally embedded research in fragi...
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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Sahel Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

29th March 2025

Water and land conflicts and their gendered effects in refug...

Resty Naiga
This policy brief provides an overview of water and land conflicts in refugee settings in Uganda and presents policy considerations to mitigate their ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Gender Conflict Response

Video

28th March 2025

The Legacy of the Local Research Network

Nathan Shea, Mohanad Hage Ali, Azeema Cheema
The XCEPT program team reflects on their journey, sharing insights and lessons from seven years of the Local Research Network.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

28th March 2025

Legally Informal: Women, conflict and cross-border trade in ...

Dalle Abraham
In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Gender Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

28th March 2025

Digital Governance and Security in the Horn of Africa

Peter Chonka
While digital finance—including mobile money—has developed unevenly across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, such technologies are nevertheless transformin...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Borderlands

Event

31st March 2025

Beyond the State: Community self-governance in the borderlan...

Join us on 31 March 2025 at the event highlighted key lessons from a community-led process involving 50 Somali participants from diverse backgrounds.
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Research report

26th March 2025

Gold and the war in Sudan

Ahmed Soliman, Suliman Baldo
Gold has long been a conflict commodity in Sudan and continues to be the subject of intense competition between national and subnational military acto...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

Briefing paper

25th March 2025

When fighting terrorism promotes safe havens: experimental e...

Jillian Foster, Peter Onah Thompson
How can multinational counterterrorism efforts better engage with, and earn the support of, local communities?
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

24th March 2025

Ethiopia’s Red Sea Politics: Corridors, ports and security i...

Biruk Terrefe
The Horn of Africa is a region marked by complex infrastructural interdependencies, where the decline and emergence of trade corridors continue to res...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

21st March 2025

Tunisia’s Climate Crisis, Economic Downturn, and Growing Dep...

Hamza Meddeb
Since 2017, Tunisia has experienced intensified climate change effects, including severe drought. President Kais Saied’s governance failures have only...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Response Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

19th March 2025

XCEPT local research legacy: Sharing the experiences of wome...

Elizabeth Nyibol Malou
Elizabeth Nyibol Malou shares how her involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network since 2018 has fostered valuable collaborations and ...
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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Migration Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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