The Rift Valley Institute (RVI), is an independent, non-profit organisation working in eastern and central Africa to bring local knowledge to bear on social, political and economic development.
MORE ABOUT RVIFEATURED PROJECTS
The RVI Sudan Elections Project is a short-term study on the history of elections in Sudan—particularly the 2010 and 2015 elections.
مشروع انتخابات السودان التابع لـمعهد الاخدود الافريقي عبارة عن دراسة قصيرة المدى حول تاريخ الانتخابات في السودان - لا سيما انتخابات ٢٠١٠ و٢٠١٥
The research project seeks to understand how COVID-19 fits within local knowledge of disease and infection risks, and how communities are approaching COVID-19 alongside other endemic infectious illnesses.
PUBLICATIONS
Unequal Adaptations considers how Little Ice Age (c1640-c1820) and the 1887 introduction of rinderpest can help us better understand the Horn of Africa's current challenges dealing with rapid environmental change.
This report explains the realities of life for South Sudan’s youth population, the majority of whom are living in conditions of extreme economic precarity. Young people face enormous challenges in trying to survive and progress in their lives. This is happening in the context of overarching neglect of the citizenry by the government, corruption, ethnic based violent conflict and competition…
EVENTS
On 9 June 2021, the Rift Valley Institute invites will launch its latest report —Turkey and the Gulf States in the Horn of Africa: Fluctuating dynamics of engagement, investment and influence. This report examines how, and with what consequences, the Gulf states and Turkey have deepened their engagement in the Horn of Africa. What is…
On 16 March 2021, the Rift Valley Forum, in collaboration with the British Institute in Eastern Africa, will launch the book, Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan, authored by practitioners and scholars who examine the question of which and whose ideas of peace and peacemaking were pursued in the Sudans and how they fared…
The Rift Valley Institute and Juba in The Making will be hosting a discussion of the new film, And The Country Still Needs Us: A story of the chiefs of South Sudan. The conversation will focus on the making of the film and key issues that it raises around traditional justice and the absence of women’s voices in traditional authorities.