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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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Blog

6th June 2024

The impact of citizen evidence: experiences from Northern Ug...

Patta Scott-Villiers
XCEPT Research Fellow Patta Scott-Villiers considers what counts as ‘good evidence’ within the context of war, peace and instability, and explores met...
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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

Research report

16th May 2024

Peace and security for pastoralist communities in African bo...

Conciliation Resources, Institute of Development Studies
In their latest report, Conciliation Resources argue that locally based understanding of the roots and manifestations of violence, and of the foundati...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Research report

30th April 2024

The ‘conflict economy’ of sesame in Ethiopia and Sudan

Ahmed Soliman, Abel Abate Demissie
This XCEPT research paper from Chatham House explores how the sector has become entangled in local and transnational conflict, and how policymakers ne...
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Research report

23rd April 2024

Exploring the gender-climate-conflict nexus in conflict-affe...

Albert Souza Mulli
New research by Bodhi Global Analysis examines the gendered dimensions of the climate-conflict nexus in two cross-border conflict systems: the Mandera...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Response

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