In this video, Dr Nisar Majid – Senior Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Fellow at the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) – shares reflections on the importance of long-term research in often-overlooked cross-border regions.
He discusses the need to go beyond problem-focused narratives by highlighting how people live their everyday lives in these areas. As conversations around borderlands grow, Dr Majid notes the value of this shift in building a more grounded understanding of the region.
Find out more about the work of RVI and XCEPT in shaping new perspectives on borderland areas across the Horn of Africa and beyond.
Minor Demarcations, Micro-Dams—Major Drama? Ethno-territorial expansionism and precarious peace in the Oromia–Somali borderlands of eastern Ethiopia
May 20, 2025
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
