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The Institute publishes books, research reports, research papers, briefings and meeting reports in a range of formats. Publications cover policy, research, arts, culture and local knowledge in the countries of eastern and central Africa. Research publications—books, reports and papers—are peer-reviewed. Some RVI publications are also available in French and/or Arabic. Blogs can be read here.

The RVI is a signatory of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (2001); all publications are free for download in PDF format under Creative Commons licences. Print versions of most books and reports, and digital versions in Kindle and other specialist formats, are available for sale from Amazon and other online retailers, and from selected bookstores. Proceeds from sales are allocated to the Institute's Scholarship Fund, which provides support to researchers and activists from eastern and central Africa.

The views expressed in books and reports published by the RVI are those of the authors, not the Institute.

2013

Ce rapport du Projet Usalama examine les Maï-Maï de William Amuri Yakutumba, un groupe qui, initialement, ont été démobilisé après la Deuxième Guerre du Congo (1998-2003). Cependant, après avoir peiné de trouver d’autres moyens de subsistance, ils ont remobilisé, soutenus et exploités par les élites politiques à Kinshasa et la diaspora du Fizi qui visaient à faire progresser leurs propres…

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The LAPSSET project has transformative potential for the neglected north of Kenya and for East African regional integration.

A major challenge is safeguarding the environment, and the rights and livelihoods of those whose lands the project will cross.

Each element of the project carries a significant economic and social cost.

Engagement with…

2013
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Remittances from abroad are a vital lifeline for households in Somalia. 40% rely on them to meet food security needs.

The majority of remittances to Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland are through licensed money transfer operators (MTOs) rather than informal  money transfers.

Barclays Bank is the last of the global banks to offer accounts  to MTOs; Barclays…

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In north-eastern Kenya, MPs have taken a positive role in managing and resolving local conflicts.

These conflicts have multiple causes, including a spill-over from other conflicts in Somalia and Ethiopia, competition over natural resources, and youth unemployment.

Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia has led to an increase in insecurity in the north…

2013

Ce rapport Usalama par Jason Stearns et al. examine les Banyamulenge, une communauté Tutsi vivant dans l’est de la RDC qui s’est trouvée au coeur des multiples conflits qui sévissent de manière intermittente dans l’est de la RDC depuis deux décennies. Alors que la dernière rebellion Banyamulenge a pris fin en 2011, des groupes armés et interventions étrangères demeurent une menace pour les…

2013

This Usalama report by Jason Stearns et al. examines the Banyamulenge, a Tutsi community in the Eastern DRC that has been stuck in a cycle of insurgency and exclusion for over 20 years. While the last major Banyamulenge insurgency came to an end in 2011, armed groups and foreign involvement remain a threat to the area's communities.

2013

Ce rapport par Henning Tamm examine la chute rapide de la violence armée en Ituri, un district où se manifeste tous les principaux défis du Congo à la stabilisation. Le rapport met l'accent sur le Front des nationalistes intégrationnistes (FNI) et la Force de résistance patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), officiellement créé en fin 2002. Alors que le FNI s'est transformé en parti…

2013

This report by Henning Tamm examines the precipitous decline in armed violence in Ituri, a district that manifests all of the Congo's main challenges to stabilization. The report focuses on the Front des nationalistes intégrationnistes (FNI, Front of Integrationist Nationalists) and the Force de résistance patriotique en Ituri (FRPI, Ituri Patriotic Resistance Force),…

2013

In South Sudan delays in the making of the national constitution have led to public concern. My Mother Will Not Come to Juba: South Sudanese debate the constitution is the record of three evenings of public lectures at the University of Juba. Speakers at the event examined the reasons for the delay, the issues at stake in the drafting of the legislation and the question of public…

2013
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The stakes for the November 2012 local council elections were exceedingly high, with the winning three parties eligible to contest the parliamentary and presidential elections for the next ten years. The results were highly contested but mostly peaceful.

The elections marked another important step in Somaliland’s process of democratization, but clan rather than…