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19th March 2025

XCEPT local research legacy: How collaborative research and ...

Joseph Majok
Joseph Diing Majok shares his reflections on how his involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network has shaped his research career, parti...
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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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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

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27th February 2025

Why South Sudan’s Unity State is drowning in pollution

Mawal Marko Gatkuoth
The rural population of Unity State has been suffering from pollution since the construction of a pipeline through Unity State in 1999, and the intens...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance

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25th February 2025

Untangling Africa’s world war: mediation in the Democratic R...

Michael Aeby
This case study explores how international mediation efforts in the  Second Congo War (1998-2003) affected, and addressed, the regionalisation of the ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

21st February 2025

How conflict in Libya facilitated transnational expansion of...

Tim Eaton
Migrant smuggling and trafficking has flourished through Libya since its 2011 conflict. This article explains how this happened and why European polic...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Organised Crime Migration Governance

Research report

19th February 2025

‘The fuel is us’: water, oil and debt on the Sudan-South Sud...

Nikki Kindersley
Years of conflict and natural disasters in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands have created a displaced population reliant on low-paid, risky work, and ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

17th February 2025

Conflict, displacement and children in paid work in the Suda...

Manal Abdulaziz Mudir
This post examines the pressures forcing many displaced people, including children, to seek paid labour to supplement dwindling support mechanisms in ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Conflict Economies Borderlands

Podcast

12th February 2025

Africa Aware: How transnational human smuggling fuels confli...

Tim Eaton, Lubna Yousef
In this episode, Tim Eaton and Lubna Yousef discuss their research on conflict in Libya and the transnational expansion of human smuggling.
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Migration Borderlands

Research report

11th February 2025

Restructuring the margins: emerging political orders in Keny...

Hassan H. Kochore
During the past decade, northern Kenya’s peripheral border counties have become key to the central state’s political and economic agenda. Cross-border...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

31st January 2025

Informal trade, gender and conflict dynamics on the new Keny...

Hassan H. Kochore, Insene Bagaja
Infrastructure development and shifting political conditions at the Kenya–Ethiopia border have effects on trade, conflict, and gender dynamics. This r...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Borderlands

Publication

5th December 2024

Foxes Guarding The Henhouse? The IGAD Mediation for South Su...

Laurie Nathan
The project is based on case studies. This article, part of the “Mediation in Regionalized Conflicts: Lessons from Recent Peace Processes” project, an...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Response

Blog

4th December 2024

Blood diamonds and bloodshed: The psychological drivers of v...

Clara May
This XCEPT blog post explores the motivations behind the atrocities and acts of extreme violence that were carried out during Sierra Leone’s civil war...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

15th October 2024

Illicit gold is exacerbating Ethiopia’s conflicts

Ahmed Soliman, Dr Abel Abate Demissie
The contestation over gold – and its connection to transnational networks – is becoming a major driver of Ethiopia’s complex conflicts.
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies

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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

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