Podcast: SSWRN | Women in Research: Reflections and Analysis on South Sudan
On Monday, 27 May 2024, the South Sudan Women’s Research Network (SSWRN), supported by the European Union, held a forum to launch and discuss research conducted by early career researchers involved in the project. This two-part podcast series captures the highlights and key presentations from the event. Part 1 features introductions by Amina Abdulkadir, Mark […]
Webinar | The Structure of Violence: States, Official Militaries, Paramilitaries, and Non-State Militias in the Northern Horn of Africa
For more than a century, the Horn of Africa has been affected by war and violence triggered and driven by clashes between state militaries, paramilitaries and other non-state militia groups. The ongoing war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the recent Tigray war in Ethiopia that […]
Women in Research: Reflections and Analysis on South Sudan
On Monday 27 May 2024, the South Sudan Women’s Research Network (SSWRN), supported by the European Union, will launch two reports written by early career researchers involved with the project. Kiden Sawala Laki will share the findings of ‘Beyond the Surface’ which looks at the transition from subsistence fishing to commercialization and the realities of women’s […]
Report Launch: Somali Capacities to Respond to Crisis are Changing; How are Humanitarian Actors Responding?
Protracted drought in Somalia in 2022 and 2023 lead to widespread suffering and a significant loss of lives. The drivers of this “near-famine” mirrored those of previous crises in 2011 and 2017, including drought, conflict, and fragile governance. Why, despite the similarities, did the crisis prove to be less devastating? A new study by the […]
Diaspora Humanitarianism
How Somalia’s African Diaspora Assist Somalia Giving in African societies is part and parcel of everyday life, reflecting patterns of care, reciprocity, and religious practices. In times of conflict and socio-natural disasters, giving to kin, compatriots, or even strangers are well-established means of solidarity and emergency assistance. Giving comes with implications, however, that range from […]
Darfur: The Ongoing Crisis and Humanitarian Responses
The horrific fighting in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, has grabbed news headlines since violence broke out on 15 April 2023. This violence shattered Khartoum’s reputation as an island of stability, with many noting that Khartoum had not been attacked in such a manner since the 19th century. The novelty of the attacks on Khartoum has however […]
Inclusive Urban Infrastructure (IUI) Forum
Access to reliable, quality, efficient and affordable services is central to the leave-no-one-behind agenda underpinning the Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2020, Inclusive Urban Infrastructure (IUI) research consortium has been engaging low-income communities in 4 capital and 4 secondary cities in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Somaliland to research the formal, informal and often illegal ways […]
Why did peace in Sudan fail?
The role of international actors in the unravelling of the transition Since the revolution in Sudan in April 2019, the international community has been involved in numerous rounds of peace agreements and transitional frameworks. However, all of these agreements have been violated and eventually collapsed. On 21 June 2023, the Rift Valley Forum will host a roundtable […]
Book Launch Podcast: ‘The People vs Peacemaking’- People power and the future of peace in the Horn and East Africa region
Over the past two decades, the Horn and Eastern Africa Region have witnessed a proliferation of peace-making and peace-building processes as a means of democratisation. A wealth and power sharing governance arrangements designed and upheld by regional and international institutions often saw the transfer of political decision-making away from the local and national level, consolidating […]
Thinking about the Future: Climate change and its impacts in eastern and Central Africa
For two weeks, world attention is focused on the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. There, international leaders and concerned citizens are gathering to accelerate actions towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as tackling and adapting to climate change is […]