On 27 June 2013, the Nairobi Forum hosted the public launch of a report by Saferworld and the Somaliland Non State Actors Forum (SONSAF) on the 2012 district council elections in Somaliland. The report—Somalilanders Speak: Lessons from the 2012 local elections—records the observations of Somaliland civil society organizations, and highlights the ways in which electoral procedures and democratization can be further strengthened. A meeting report is available here.
The report highlights the overlapping claims to and distributive struggles over territory and resources in the Oromia-Somali borderlands which animated inter-regional competition between the Oromia
This research explores how Murle women in the Greater Pibor area of central eastern South Sudan use not just songs but dance, hairstyles, body marks
This report argues that, in order to improve women’s participation in politics and promote gender-responsive policies in the country, there is a need to enlarge