RVI’s 2017 annual courses come to a close
This June, RVI hosted the Institute’s fourteenth Annual Field Courses in Entebbe, Uganda, covering Sudan and South Sudan, the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa. The innovative, dawn-to-dusk programme of seminars, lectures, group discussions and special events covered a variety of social, political and economic issues in the region, including migration, elections, armed groups, […]
Great Lakes Course 2015
The Great Lakes: Elections, institutional reform, deep history, by Jason Stearns The Great Lakes region remains tumultuous and crisis-prone, although the dynamics of conflict and instability seem to be slowly shifting from the battlefield to the electoral arena. The buzz of impending elections has gripped Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), even […]
Sudan and South Sudan Course 2015
Civil wars, transitional justice and international mediation in Sudan and South Sudan, by Sharath Srinivasan The 2015 RVI Sudan and South Sudan Field Course takes stock eighteen months after a devastating civil war began in South Sudan and in the wake of controversial elections in Sudan and ongoing insurgencies. The course confronts the stark trade off […]
Horn of Africa Course 2015
New directors, new directions This year Ken Menkhaus steps out of his role as academic director of the Horn Course, making way for Laura Hammond and Dereje Feyissa. Laura Hammond is a Reader in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has worked on the Somali territories since 1998. […]
Daniel Large discusses the information economy
Daniel Large discusses the information economy on the 2005 RVI Sudan Course in Rumbek, Sudan.
Atta al-Battahani explains local & state government
Atta al-Battahani explains local & state government on the RVI Sudan Course 2005 in Rumbek, Sudan.
Gérard Prunier discusses the history of Darfur
Gérard Prunier discusses the history of Darfur on the RVI Sudan Course 2005 in Rumbek, Sudan.
Acuil Malith Banggol on the history of basketball in Sudan
My Mother Will Not Come to Juba Report Launch
In South Sudan, delays in the formulation of a new national constitution have led to growing public concern. My Mother Will Not Come to Juba: South Sudanese Debate the Constitution is the record of a series of public lectures and discussions held at the University of Juba in March 2013. The launch of the report, which is […]
Miraya FM South Sudan Archive feature
On 15 June 2013, Miraya FM in Juba broadcast a feature on the process of digitizing documents for the South Sudan National Archives. The project is a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, RVI, UNESCO, UNOPS and the Government of Norway. ‘The documents are important,’ the report says, ‘as they will form […]