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Research report

31st October 2023

Navigating Trade Controls: The political economy of checkpoi...

Jamal Mohammed
Checkpoints have implications for different forms of trade that exist in Jubaland state and between Jubaland and Kenya. This report explores the polit...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies

Research report

31st October 2023

Paying the Price: The political economy of checkpoints in So...

Peer Schouten
This report explores the political economy of checkpoints in Somalia: What drives their formation? What impacts do they have on trade, society and pol...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Borderlands

Research report

31st October 2023

Brokering Trade Routes: The political economy of checkpoints...

Abdirahman Ali
The Baidoa corridor is a transport and trade route that connects Somalia’s coastal capital, Mogadishu, to Kenya via the border towns of Bula Hawa and ...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows

Research report

11th October 2023

One step forward, two steps back: pastoralist researchers on...

Community-led research from the Uganda / Kenya border helps explain why pastoralists in Turkana and Karamoja continue to carry guns. It argues for a n...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Research report

12th September 2023

Navigating the regionalization of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict...

Abel Abate Demissie
How regional and international actors can help consolidate peace.
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Podcast

1st September 2023

Peripheral Vision: Localising Conflict Responses in Conteste...

Nathan Shea, Tasnia Khandaker, Armenak Tokmajyan, Abdirahman Edle Ali
How does the global push for aid localisation apply to the research sector? In this podcast, The Asia Foundation, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle ...
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Syria South Asia and Southeast Asia Somalia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Bangladesh Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

28th June 2023

Sustaining peaceful pastoralism in Cameroon’s borderlands

Shidiki Abubakar Ali
Dr. Shidiki Abubakar Ali is part of the research team working on the XCEPT project, Promoting Peaceful Pastoralism. As part of this project, he has be...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

15th June 2023

Sudan Conflict: Assessing The Risk of Regionalization

This paper focuses on the potential for a regionalization of the conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), inc...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Conflict Dynamics

Event

13th June 2023

XCEPT East Africa Workshop: Cross-Border Conflict and Insecu...

On 13 and 14 June 2023, XCEPT hosted a workshop in Nairobi that brought together policymakers, researchers and practitioners to consider research and ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel

Briefing paper

10th May 2023

Hemedti Challenges SAF’s Control over Sudan 

This paper explores the origins and the political and military objectives of the two main internal actors in Sudan’s ongoing conflict – the Sudanese A...
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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

19th April 2023

Fighting Over ‘White Gold’: Sesame in Ethiopia and Sudan

Ahmed Soliman
The supply chain of a seemingly innocuous cash crop – sesame – has intersected with transnational conflict dynamics, exacerbating tensions between Eth...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Research report

19th April 2023

Coordinating International Responses to Ethiopia–Sudan Tensi...

Jonas Horner, Ahmed Soliman
This report examines how cross-border tensions and interlinked crises in Ethiopia and Sudan jeopardize security and development in those countries and...
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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Transnational Flows Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Podcast

30th March 2023

Commodities, land contestation and conflict in Ethiopia and ...

Ahmed Soliman, Abel Demissie
This episode examines relations between Ethiopia and Sudan as part of an XCEPT project mini-series.
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Sudan Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

29th March 2023

Remittances and Returns on Investment: Migrant Smuggling and...

Iro Aghedo
This article assesses the reason for the high levels of irregular migration from Nigeria, arguing that the cause is socio-economic, reinforced by the ...
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Nigeria Horn of Africa and the Sahel Organised Crime Migration

Blog

29th March 2023

A Critical Juncture for Sudan’s Democratic Transition

Rosalind Marsden
Progress on Sudan’s democratic transition has gained momentum and a solution may be in sight. International pressure is essential to reach an agreemen...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

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