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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.

2023
SUMMARY

At its signing in October 2020, it was hoped that the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) would finally address the root causes of the conflicts in Sudan. Three years later, it is clear that the most important legacy of the JPA is a continuation of the transactional politics that had characterised the reign of Omar al-Bashir.

The JPA became a lever that allowed the Sudanese security…

2023
SUMMARY

Sudan’s economy is based on resources that have been exploited via violence rather than through peaceful, sustainable means. As a result, those who have benefited are those who control the means of violence. Furthermore, the inequalities in wealth, power and human development between Sudan’s moneyed center and its diverse and
impoverished peripheries are profound. The Juba Peace…

2023
SUMMARY

The Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) was negotiated beginning in September 2019 in the South Sudanese capital by representatives of Sudan’s new civilian-military transitional government and a collection of Sudan’s armed and civilian opposition groups comprising the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF). Initial agreement was reached in August 2020 and the official signing took…

2023

This Conflict Trends Report presents a comprehensive analysis of conflict patterns in the Amhara Region in the period April 2022 to September 2023. While focusing on conflicts in northern Amhara, it also provides an overview of other conflicts in the region, such as in the Oromo Special Zone, outlines the actors in these conflicts, and presents a chronological account of significant events…

2023

በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያሉ ሴቶች የተለያዩ የፖለቲካ፣ የጸጥታ፣ የኢኮኖሚ እና የማኅበራዊ ተግዳሮቶች ያጋጥሟቸዋል። በሌሎች አገሮች እንደሚታየው ሁሉ፣ በኢትዮጵያ የሚከሰቱ ግጭቶች ሴቶችን ተመጣጣኝ ላልሆኑ ስቃዮች፥ ጥቃቶችና እና የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰቶች ያጋልጧቸዋል። ይህም የሰላምን አስፈላጊነት የሚያጎላ ሲሆን፣ የሴቶችን እና የልጃገረዶችን ደኅንነት ከማረጋገጥ ባለፈ የሴቶችን መብት ከማክበር ጋር የተያያዘ ነው። ከዚህ ጎን ለጎን የሰላም ሂደቶችን ዘላቂነት እና ህጋዊነት ለማረጋገጥ ትርጉም ያለው የሴቶች ተሳትፎ ወሳኝ ነው። በአሁኑ ጊዜ ግን ሴቶች በተለያዩ ደረጃዎች ሙሉ ብቃት ያላቸው ሰላም ፈጣሪዎች መሆናቸውን በተደጋጋሚ ቢያሳዩም…

2023

Women in Ethiopia face a variety of political, security, economic and socio-cultural barriers. As is the case elsewhere, in Ethiopia violent conflict tends to result in women suffering disproportionate victimization and human rights violations. This underlines the importance of peace when it comes to ensuring the safety—and beyond that realizing the rights—of women and girls. At the same time…

2023
ማጠቃለያ

• ይህ ዘገባ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ ከአዲስ አበባ ውጪ በኢትዮጵያ በተከሰቱት የማኅበረሰብ ግጭቶች ውስጥ የኃይማኖት ሚናን ያጠናል። በመዲናይቱ ያለውን አለመግባባቶች እና አመለካከቶች ሙሉ በሙሉ ችላ ባይልም በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ከአራት የክልል ከተሞች ማለትም ከድሬዳዋ፣ ከጎንደር፣ ከሐዋሳ እና ከጅማ የተገኙ መረጃዎችን በማሰባሰብ ስለ ኃይማኖት እና ግጭቶች የተሟላ እና ሁለገብ ገጽታ ለመሳል ይጥራል። ዘገባው በእነዚህ ከተሞች ውስጥ በተካሄዱ ዋና ጥናቶች ላይ የተመሰረተ ነው። ከእነዚህም ውስጥ አብዛኞቹ አስቀድሞ ታትመዋል።


• ዘገባው እነዚህን የተለያዩ ቦታዎች በማነፃፀር…

2023
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHECKPOINTS IN SOMALIA SUMMARY

This report explores the political economy of checkpoints in Somalia: What drives their formation? What impacts do they have on trade, society and political projects? To explore these factors, new empirical data is presented on the distribution and costs of checkpoints operated by al-Shabaab and government actors, along with allied…

2023
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE BAIDOA CORRIDOR SUMMARY

• The Baidoa corridor is a transport and trade route that connects Somalia’s coastal capital, Mogadishu, to Kenya via the border towns of Bula Hawa and Dollow, respectively. As with all trade and transport routes in Somalia, there are many checkpoints along the route that are controlled by a variety of different political…

2023
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHECKPOINTS ALONG SOMALIA’S GARISSA CORRIDOR SUMMARY

• The Garissa corridor is an essential artery for trade and exchange between Kismayo in Somalia’s Jubaland state, and the Kenyan city of Garissa. Checkpoints along this route were originally a militia phenomenon, with each sub-clan operating its own roadblocks.They…