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The late Dekha Ibrahim (1964-2011) discusses the role of elders in a Somali community

Dekha Ibrahim discusses the role of elders in a Somali community on the Rift Valley Institute’s Horn of Africa Course, which took place in 2008 in Djibouti.

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SHECONF 2026: International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities

July 9, 2026

Event report On 26 March 2026, researchers, practitioners and academics gathered in Addis Ababa for SHECONF 2026, an International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities

State Capture in Africa: How elite networks undermine democracy, development and security

June 24, 2026

Key points State capture has been increasingly recognized as a major governance challenge due to the way it helps to drive many of the most

The New Geopolitics of Eastern Africa

June 17, 2026

On 20 May, the British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA), Chatham House, and the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) convened a group of experts to discuss

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The late Dekha Ibrahim (1964-2011) discusses the role of elders in a Somali community

Recent Publications

SHECONF 2026: International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities

State Capture in Africa: How elite networks undermine democracy, development and security

The New Geopolitics of Eastern Africa

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