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Borderlands

Communities that sit in conflict-affected borderlands are often subject to a complex combination of cultural and geographical factors. XCEPT’s research into these conflict areas explores local governance, other influential actors, and the alternative institutions and strategies that borderland communities rely upon to protect themselves against violence and abuse. It also examines how economic transitions, markets, and trade are affected by changes in the social and political context of a borderland community.

Below you can find and download publications by XCEPT partners that investigate the unique contexts of conflict-affected borderlands.

Research report

28th March 2025
In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and ...

Research report

28th March 2025
While digital finance—including mobile money—has developed unevenly across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, such technologies are nevertheless transformin...

Event

31st March 2025
Join us on 31 March 2025 at the event highlighted key lessons from a community-led process involving 50 Somali participants from diverse backgrounds.

Briefing paper

26th March 2025
This briefing paper examines policy considerations around the effects of climate change, specifically reduced water resources in the Helmand River Bas...

Research report

26th March 2025
How is climate change affecting water resources in the Helmand River Basin, and how might competition for these resources drive conflict in the futute...

Blog

26th March 2025
What areas that haven’t received much humanitarian aid can tell us about how communities can cope with the recent reductions in foreign aid.

SPOTLIGHT

XCEPT Workshop: Local, People-Focused Policymaking

26th October 2022
Addressing securitization in conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
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Research report

26th March 2025
What was the cause of an outburst of violence between Iranian and Afghan border forces in May 2023?

Briefing paper

25th March 2025
How can multinational counterterrorism efforts better engage with, and earn the support of, local communities?

Research report

24th March 2025
The Horn of Africa is a region marked by complex infrastructural interdependencies, where the decline and emergence of trade corridors continue to res...

Article

21st March 2025
Since 2017, Tunisia has experienced intensified climate change effects, including severe drought. President Kais Saied’s governance failures have only...

Blog

19th March 2025
Elizabeth Nyibol Malou shares how her involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network since 2018 has fostered valuable collaborations and ...

Blog

19th March 2025
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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