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14th June 2026

Visual thinking in international relations: Interactive digi...

Annette Idler
How can we better understand the shifting geographies of conflict when we move beyond static text and start to see violence spatially?  
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Syria Sahel Myanmar Iraq Horn of Africa Colombia Conflict Dynamics

Blog

31st March 2026

Defaulting into transition: How financial cuts are affecting...

Erica Gaston, Catharina Nickel
As South Sudan appears on the verge of civil war, a growing mandate-resource gap is weakening UN mission effectiveness and risking lives.
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South Sudan Horn of Africa Conflict Response

Research report

31st March 2026

Commodification and conflict in the Horn of Africa borderlan...

Tobias Hagmann
How do resources, trade, mobility and revenue generation link local violence to wider political and economic systems.  
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Sudan South Sudan Somalia Kenya Horn of Africa Ethiopia Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Event

23rd October 2025

Margins of power: identity, resources, and the future of Sud...

On 23 October 2025, a virtual panel discussion explored how decentralisation and identity politics are reshaping governance and legitimacy in Sudan an...
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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics 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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South Asia and Southeast Asia Sahel Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

19th March 2025

XCEPT local research legacy: Xogta xuduudaha (knowledge of t...

Sahra Ahmed Koshin
Sahra Ahmed Koshin reflects on her transformative experience as a local researcher with the XCEPT programme, exploring the role of Somali women in cro...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Ethiopia Migration 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

Publication

2nd October 2024

Research in displacement: The impact of war on Sudan’s highe...

Muna Mohamed Saied Elgadal
This report assesses the impact of war on Sudan’s higher education and academic research and how these institutions have, to some degree, continued t...
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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Governance Conflict Response Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

29th July 2024

Transborder mobile money platforms in the greater Somali eco...

Ahmed M Musa
This XCEPT research paper from Rift Valley Institute explores the informal transborder movement of goods and people in the ‘greater Somali economic sp...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Ethiopia Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

29th July 2024

The triple burden: women selling their labour in South Sudan

Elizabeth Nyibol Malou
This study explores the labour burdens of women in agriculture, based on interviews conducted in Western Bahr al-Ghazal and other areas of Sudan.
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Governance Gender Conflict Economies

Research report

24th May 2024

War and the Borderland: Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea at a Time o...

This XCEPT research paper from the Rift Valley Institute highlights the significant changes in internal dynamics in Sudan and Ethiopia since late 2022...
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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Ethiopia Violent Extremism Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

26th March 2024

Gender, climate, and security in the Horn of Africa

On Tuesday 26 March 2024, XCEPT and Bodhi Global Analysis discussed findings from research on the gender, climate, and security nexus in the Horn of A...
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Horn of Africa Gender Climate Change

Blog

30th August 2022

Frontier Farming: Along the War-Torn Ethiopia-Sudan Border, ...

The capture of fertile agricultural land in Western Tigray and the eastern Sudanese Al Fashaga region sheds light on how profits from cash crops help ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Conflict Economies Borderlands

Event

20th July 2022

Virtual Launch Event: Border Towns, Market and Conflict

As part of the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) program, the X-Border Local Research Network held a report launch event to ex...
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Syria Sudan Southeast Asia South Sudan South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Pakistan North Africa Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Afghanistan Governance Conflict Response Borderlands

Blog

23rd March 2022

What are the Causes of Somaliland’s Drought Crisis?

Ahmed M. Musa
This blog is the first in a series published by the Rift Valley Institute to help understand the causes of the drought-related crisis in the Somali re...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Borderlands

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