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Event

12th June 2025

Chatham House-XCEPT event: navigating protracted conflicts i...

Following the conclusion of the Chatham House XCEPT research initiative, this event unpacks key findings and explores how policymakers can better resp...
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Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Transnational Flows Organised Crime Migration Governance Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

12th May 2025

The impact of trauma survey: breaking cycles of trauma and v...

Sam Hibbs
The role of trauma and mental health problems in driving continued violence, or in blocking reconciliation efforts, is under-researched.
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South Sudan Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Iraq Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

6th May 2025

Gravitating toward the Middle East: how Sudan’s changing reg...

Øystein H. Rolandsen, Antoni Sastre Bel
The involvement of regional actors in Sudan’s war indicates how Sudan has politically and strategically gravitated away from an African political cont...
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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Event

24th June 2025

XCEPT Conference 2025 – Beyond borders: conflict responses i...

The XCEPT Conference 2025 will be held in London on 24-25 June by invitation only.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Transnational Flows Climate Change Borderlands

Blog

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

Article

1st April 2025

Mechanisms of securitisation and counter-securitisation on t...

Patta Scott-Villiers
This community action research examines the mechanisms of securitisation and counter-securitisation that have affected the Karimojong and Turkana peop...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Conflict Dynamics 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

Article

31st March 2025

Navigating Violence and Negotiating Order in the Somalia–Ken...

Patta Scott-Villiers, Alastair Scott-Villiers, Action for Social and Economic Progress (ASEP)
Communities along the Somalia–Kenya border navigate a landscape of war. Over decades of conflict – including civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurge...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance 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

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