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Briefing paper

18th May 2020

Khat and COVID-19: Somalia’s Cross-Border Economy in the Tim...

Sahra Ahmed Koshin
The impact on the khat trade in particular is a good illustration of the economy’s regional and international connections, and the effects of anti-COV...
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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Coronavirus Conflict Economies Borderlands

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29th April 2020

South Sudan’s Food Imports in the Time of COVID

Edward Thomas
Coronavirus has caused import volumes into South Sudan to plummet by 50% – having profound effects on stressed food systems.
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Coronavirus Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

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21st April 2020

Grains as Life: The Value of Sorghum and Millet Amongst the ...

Deng Kuol
A story of preserving access to a valued variety of sorghum—ruath—by travelling into military occupied areas of Abyei.
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Borderlands

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4th April 2020

‘You Can Now Get Engaged’ – Meanings of Cassava Among the Po...

Luga Aquila
Discussion of how the movement of people and tubers is connected to changing marriage practices and the organization of family wealth.
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Gender Borderlands

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2nd April 2020

Migrating with Seeds: Women, Agricultural Knowledge and Disp...

Elizabeth Nyibol
This account shows how Dinka women deployed the social and material capital of seeds under their control to manage the wider transitions experienced d...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Gender Conflict Economies Borderlands

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23rd March 2020

How Sudan’s Gold Boom is Changing Labour Relations in Blue N...

Mohamed Salah, Enrico Ille
This paper focuses on the impact that gold mining has had on labour relations in Blue Nile state.
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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Interview

20th March 2020

Interview with Eddie Thomas on New Report, ‘Cash, Commodific...

Interview with Eddie Thomas on his report, ‘Cash, Commodification and Conflict in South Sudan.
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Research report

19th March 2020

Rethinking Aid in Borderland Spaces: The Case of Akobo

Freddie Carver
Traditional modalities of the aid industry are not fit for purpose in a world where transnationalism is a daily reality for communities.
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Ethiopia Governance Borderlands

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

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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

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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

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