Horn of Africa and the Sahel

Briefing paper

1st March 2020

Understanding Hussein Adbdel Bagi: South Sudan’s Vice Presid...

Hussein Abdel Bagi’s appointment as the third Vice-President of South Sudan is an important building block for the Transitional Government of National...

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Governance Conflict Economies

Briefing paper

20th February 2020

Sudan’s Grain Divide: A Revolution of Bread and Sorghum

Edward Thomas, Magi El-Gizouli

This paper explains the significance of bread and sorghum in the political changes Sudan seen in 2019.

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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Governance Conflict Economies

Briefing paper

6th January 2020

Mobilization and Resistance in Sudan’s Uprising from Neighbo...

Magdi el-Gizouli

This paper explained the diverse local organisational networks behind Sudan’s revolution and the attempts by the emerging political elites to co-opt n...

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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Gender Conflict Dynamics

Blog

7th December 2019

How to Survive South Sudan’s Monetized Economy

Joseph Diing Majok

South Sudan’s borderland region with Sudan, in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, is a hard place to make a living. Jobs are scarce, livelihoods insecure and mo...

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Newsletter

18th November 2019

Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – Fall 2019

Joint bulletin from the X-Border Local research Network about recent research and activities from The Asia Foundation, Rift Valley Institute, and Carn...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

21st October 2019

War, Migration and Work: Changing Social Relations in the So...

Joseph Diing

This report outlines how the changing economy has affected social relations in the Northern Bahr el-Ghazal borderlands.

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Conflict Economies Borderlands

Briefing paper

1st October 2019

Security Elites and Gold Mining in Sudan’s Economic Transiti...

In September 2019, Sudan’s recently appointed Minister of Finance, Ibrahim Elbadawi, announced a nine-month economic reform programme. The government...

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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies

Briefing paper

1st September 2019

Kiir Consolidates Power Through Border Deal with Khartoum

The impacts of South Sudan’s cross-border agreement with Khartoum.

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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies

Blog

6th August 2019

How is Puntland Coping with Yemen’s Fishing Boom?

Khalif Abdirahman

Review of research carried out in Baargal on the eastern side of Cape Guardafui; Bareeda, on the north coast, and Xaabo.

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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

26th June 2019

Monetized Livelihoods and Militarized Labour in South Sudan’...

Nicki Kindersley, Joseph Diing

The report examines a frame of reference for understanding the fragmented and contingent futures that people in the borderland are navigating.

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

17th June 2019

Moving Towards Markets: Cash, Commodification and Conflict i...

Edward Thomas

South Sudan’s subsistence system is being replaced by a market economy – this report looks at the consequences.

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Research report

5th June 2019

Mobility, Trust and Exchange: Somali and Yemen’s Cross-Borde...

Nisar Majid, Khalif Abdirahman

The aim of this study is to better understand the communal connections that exist between populations in northern Somalia and southern Yemen.

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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

16th May 2019

Understanding Conflict in Border Regions

An introduction to the work of The Asia Foundation, Rift Valley Institute, and the Carnegie Middle East Center on the X-Border Local Research Network....

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Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Transnational Flows Migration Conflict Dynamics

Blog

9th April 2019