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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

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 July 2024

Tracing the ‘continuum of violence’ between Nigeria and Liby...

Leah de Haan, Tim Eaton, Iro Aghedo
This XCEPT research paper from Chatham House explores how the movement of people from Edo State fuels the Libyan conflict economy
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North Africa Middle East and North Africa Libya Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Organised Crime Migration

Video

15th July 2024

How to conduct research in conflict-affected areas

Tabea Campbell Pauli, Joseph Diing, Kheder Khaddour
Researchers working in borderland regions of Asia, the Middle East and Africa share their experiences and approaches to conducting fieldwork.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Coronavirus Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

29th April 2024

X-Border Local Research Network Bangkok Workshop

Researchers from across the Local Research Network gathered in Bangkok for a workshop hosted by The Asia Foundation.
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Yemen Syria Sudan South Sudan South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Myanmar Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Bangladesh Algeria Gender Borderlands

Event report

15th July 2024

X-Border Local Research Network Bangkok Workshop

Researchers from across the Local Research Network gathered in Bangkok for a workshop hosted by The Asia Foundation.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Gender Borderlands

Research report

26th June 2024

Evidence synthesis: Women and cross-border trade in Africa d...

Orly Stern
Women who engage in cross-border trade in conflict play crucial social and economic roles in their families and communities: this paper examines how t...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Gender Conflict Dynamics

Blog

19th June 2024

Understanding conflict trauma and mental health in South Sud...

Fiona McEwen, Constanza Torre,
South Sudan may be the youngest country in the world, but it’s already undergone a huge amount of violence – and the ongoing civil war in Sudan looks ...
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