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19th April 2021

Thwarting Jordan’s Bahhara Trade With Syria Risks Social Unr...

Armenak Tokmajyan,
As border crossings reopen, Jordanian authorities might have to tolerate a degree of informal petty trade with Syria to revive Ramtha’s economy and pr...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Jordan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Podcast

10th March 2021

Conversations with RVI Researchers: Joseph Diing Majok and N...

Joseph Diing, Nicki Kindersley,
RVI’s Magnus Taylor speaks with RVI researchers, Joseph Diing Majok and Nicki Kindersley, about their latest report, “Breaking Out of the Borderlands:...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Borderlands

Research report

2nd March 2021

Chokepoints and Corridors: Ordering Maritime Space in the We...

Jatin Dua
In the Horn of Africa there is a dynamic interplay between land and sea that has shaped political, economic and social relationships.
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Yemen Somalia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows

Article

11th February 2021

The Dam That Broke Open an Ethiopia-Egypt Dispute

Sherif Mohyeldeen
As Egypt and Ethiopia negotiate the details of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, tensions are on the rise. Sudan, which has vested interest in the ...
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Sudan Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Egypt Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Podcast

13th January 2021

Displaced Tastes: In Conversation with Elizabeth Nyibol

Elizabeth Nyibol
Displaced Tastes is a collaborative research project run by the Rift Valley Institute and the Catholic University of South Sudan as part of the X-Bord...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Borderlands

Briefing paper

11th December 2020

South Sudan: Hussein Abdel Bagi Deepens His Control

In February 2020, South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, appointed Hussein Abdel Bagi — head of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) — as one o...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Borderlands

Newsletter

2nd December 2020

Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – November 202...

How political, security and socio-economic developments affect the people living in contested borderlands and, reversely, how border dynamics shape ch...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Research report

4th November 2020

Breaking Out of the Borderlands: Understanding Migrant Pathw...

Nick Kindersley, Joseph Diing Majok
The study asks two core questions: First, how do residents in the borderlands of South Sudan seek survival, welfare and better lives in the economies ...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Borderlands

Briefing paper

22nd October 2020

Trading Grains in South Sudan: Stories of Opportunities, Sho...

Jovensia Uchalla
To understand how grain is traded in South Sudan, and who by, Jovensia Uchalla examines the life stories of South Sudanese and foreign grain traders,...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies

Event

20th August 2020

World Bank Fragility Forum: The ‘Transnational Everyday’ in ...

Sahra Ahmed Koshin, Freddie Carver, Hannah Stogdon
A focus on recent research on local populations’ everyday experience of transnational connectedness in the Horn and the implications for the aid and d...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Response Borderlands

Event

19th October 2020

Understanding and Visualising the ‘Transnational Everyday’ i...

Enrico Ille, Freddie Carver, Joseph Diing, Sahra Ahmed Koshin, Ahmed Shire, Pete Chonka
This is an interactive report on how individuals move and interact across borders and transnationally. The report summarises the outcomes of these di...
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South Sudan Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Conflict Economies

Research report

7th October 2020

Epidemics in the African Red Sea Region: A History of Uneven...

Dr. Steven Serels
This report examines the history of epidemic disease in this region in order to shed light on the current COVID-19 pandemic and its likely course. R...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Coronavirus

Research report

22nd July 2020

Bosaso and the Gulf of Aden: Changing Dynamics of a Land-Sea...

Jatin Dua, Abdideeq Warsame, Ahmed Shire
This report is the second report in a series looking at the relationship between modern-day Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of north-east Somalia, ...
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Yemen Somalia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

6th July 2020

COVID-19 in the Horn of Africa: How Can Aid Help Mobile Popu...

Freddie Carver
Aid providers in the Horn of Africa have always struggled to adapt their systems and models to the simple fact that people move from place to place. D...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Research report

29th June 2020

South Sudan’s Changing Tastes: Conflict, Displacement and Fo...

Deng Kuol, Edward Thomas, Elizabeth Nyibol, Jimmy Pitya, Jovensia Uchalla, Loes Lijnders, Luga Aquila, Steven Amosa
South Sudan is one of the hungriest places on earth – this report explains how reliance on regional grain markets is shaping its international relatio...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

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