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Rift Valley Institute

Making local knowledge work

Research communities of practice

The Research Communities of Practice Project (RCoP), run by the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) aims to bridge the gap between scholarly research and tangible impact in the real world. The RCOP is a value-driven project built around a community of practitioners and academics with a common interest in enhancing the capacity and voices of early […]

ALL AUTHORITIES HAVE EATEN: A HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF URBAN LAND IN BUKAVU

SUMMARY In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, Congo), the opaque land governance framework, known to be at the bottom of countless conflicts ranging from disagreements between neighbours to violent clashes between armed groups, has been undergoing reform for more than ten years. Much policy attention in these debates around land and conflict is given […]

RESEARCH COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE – FIRST COHORT TRAINING

In September 2022, the Rift Valley Institute in collaboration with Carnegie Corporation and the Open Society University Network launched the first cohort of the Early Career Researchers’ Training, part of the RVI’s Research Community of Practice (RCoP) project. The project aims to contribute to the development of young professional researchers from East and Central Africa through […]

Uganda Elections 2021

Uganda is at a political and democratic crossroads. Despite being a nominal democracy, incumbent president Yoweri Museveni, who has been at the helm for 34 years, shows no intention of relinquishing power and increasingly relies on the military to overcome his waning popularity. In addition, a lopsided electoral playing field makes it even less likely […]

Q&A with Michel Thill and Abel Cimanuka on local security in the Congo

Governing local security in the eastern Congo

RVI spoke with the authors of the recent RVI-VNGi report, Governing Local Security in the Eastern Congo: Decentralization, police reform and interventions in the chieftancy of Buhavu, Michel Thill and Abel Cimanuka. Based on 30+ interviews, the report explores the implementation of local proximity security councils in the chieftaincy of Buhavu in Kalehe territory in […]

Q&A avec Michel Thill et Abel Cimanuka sur la sécurité locale au Congo

Q&A avec Michel Thill et Abel Cimanuka sur la sécurité locale au Congo

RVI s’est entretenu avec les auteurs du rapport récent de RVI et VNGi, La Gouvernance de la Sécurité Locale à l’est du Congo : Décentralisation, réforme de la police et interventions dans la chefferie de Buhavu, Michel Thill et Abel Cimanuka. Basé sur 30+ entrevues, le rapport explore la mise en œuvre des conseils locaux pour […]

La gouvernance de la sécurité locale à l’est du Congo

En 2019, le gouvernement congolais s’est engagé à relancer la réforme de la police après l’arrêt d’un programme pilote en 2014 en raison de violations des droits de l’homme commises par la Police Nationale Congolaise. Pendant ce temps, le gouvernement du Sud-Kivu a appelé à la création de Conseils locaux pour la sécurité de proximité […]