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Current trends and future scenarios of Somali diaspora engagement

The global Somali diaspora numbers two million people that live outside the Somali regions of the Horn of Africa. The strong links that diaspora populations maintain with the Somali regions—engaging multifariously in the spheres of development, politics, and economy—exert a crucial influence on Somali society in the Horn. However, in recent years there have been indications […]

Global Connections: Somali Diaspora Practices and their Effects

With an estimated two million people of Somali descent living outside Somalia—the ‘Somali diaspora’—an understanding of migration and transnational practices is crucial for grasping Somali society. Mobility and mobile livelihoods have been important aspects of Somali life for centuries. Even so, international migration and transnational socio-economic practices—such as remittances, news and communication between Somalis in […]

Voting For Change: Sudan Election Models-Discussion with Professor Justin Willis

Woman casting her vote in 2015 elections

In the Sudan Elections podcast series ‘Voting for Change’, host Raga Makawi talks to Justin Willis- Professor of Modern History at Durham University – about election models adopted in Sudan’s modern history, key choices available for policymakers who are involved in election design, special votes for farmers in the past, why graduates have sometimes had an […]

المدونة الثانيه من مشروع انتخابات السودان- التصويت من اجل التغيير؟’-دور المجتمع المدني والاحزاب السياسية في تحقيق الديمقراطية: حوار مع بروف منزول العسل – جامعة الخرطوم

Sudan elections RVI

المدونة الثانيه من مشروع انتخابات السودان- حوار مع بروف منزول العسل – جامعة الخرطوم في الحلقة الثانية من السلسلة الصوتية ‘انتخابات السودان’ نناقش- على الرغم من الاستياء الشعبي من الأحزاب والعمليات السياسية – الدور الذي يمكن أن يلعبه المجتمع المدني في تحقيق الديمقراطية من خلال انتخابات حرة ونزيهة.

Elections in East Africa: A Democratizing Force or a Violence Flashpoint?

Elections Polls

    On 14th October 2021, the Rift Valley Institute in partnership with the Heinrich Boll Foundation and The Elephant will host its last elections series webinar to discuss lessons the region can learn from voting as a means of democratisation, as well as what needs to be done to secure a long-term democratic trajectory […]

Tanzania Elections 2020

  On 30 September 2020, the Rift Valley Forum, in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, hosted the second forum in the Elections Series on the 2020 elections in Tanzania. The forum examined the Tanzania experience under President Magufuli, leader of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, who was elected in 2015. Among the issues discussed was the repression […]

Elections in the Horn and East Africa 2020–21

  On 16 September 2020, the Rift Valley Forum, in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, hosted on online forum to explore the electoral atmosphere in the East and Horn of Africa region. The forum provided a critical space for the examination of contentious issues around elections scheduled for 2020 and 2021. The issues discussed included […]

Policing the Pandemic: Policing and Kenya’s response to COVID-19

Policing the Pandemic: Policing and Kenya’s response to COVID-19

  In January 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a public health emergency. This led many countries to impose health and security measures to contain its spread. In March 2020, as the number of COVID-19 cases began to rise in Kenya, the government put in place various social restrictions to contain the virus, including a nation-wide […]