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Briefing paper

25th March 2025

When fighting terrorism promotes safe havens: experimental e...

Jillian Foster, Peter Onah Thompson
How can multinational counterterrorism efforts better engage with, and earn the support of, local communities?
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

21st March 2025

Tunisia’s Climate Crisis, Economic Downturn, and Growing Dep...

Hamza Meddeb
Since 2017, Tunisia has experienced intensified climate change effects, including severe drought. President Kais Saied’s governance failures have only...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Response 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

Blog

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

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

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

Article

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

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