Episode 1 – Beyond Series | Rift Valley Radio What have we learned from six years of cross-border research on conflict, governance, and resilience in the Horn of Africa? In the opening episode of the Beyond Series, Rift Valley…
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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…
In this interview, Sahra Koshin shares her insights on the XCEPT project and its impact. She highlights the importance of bringing together researchers and policymakers to engage in meaningful discussions on key issues. Sahra also emphasizes the value of…
In this video, Joel Otieno, Programme Manager for the XCEPT project at the Rift Valley Institute, reflects on the importance of creating spaces for dialogue, reflection and collaboration around cross-border conflict in the Horn of Africa. He highlights how…
In this video, Wintana Alemseged, Senior Political Adviser at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), shares reflections on the development of the XCEPT programme in the Horn of Africa. She discusses how the workshop surfaced both existing insights…
In this insightful interview, researcher Hassan Kochore shares his perspectives on the XCEPT programme’s impact in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. He highlights how borderlands are shaped by global, regional and local forces, especially by the communities themselves. Hassan…
On 4th December 2024, the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) hosted a regional workshop in Addis Ababa bringing together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss cross-border dynamics in the Horn of Africa. The event explored conflict, governance and economic flows…
To mark the upcoming completion of the Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises research project (D-Hum), the Rift Valley Institute, in collaboration with the Danish Institute for International Studies, the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi and…
Meet Oricia Makonda, an early career researcher based at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford and a member of RVI’s research communities of practice 2nd cohort. The research communities of practice project (RCoP), run by the Rift Valley…
Meet Moustafa Ahmed, a researcher at International Crisis Group and a member of RVI’s Research Communities of Practice 2nd cohort. The Research Communities of Practice Project (RCOP), run by the Rift Valley Institute (RVI), aims to bridge the gap…
Recent Publications
State Capture in Africa: How elite networks undermine democracy, development and security
June 24, 2026
Key points State capture has been increasingly recognized as a major governance challenge due to the way it helps to drive many of the most pressing problems facing contemporary states, including democratic erosion, corruption, economic exclusion, insecurity and declining trust
The New Geopolitics of Eastern Africa
June 17, 2026
On 20 May, the British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA), Chatham House, and the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) convened a group of experts to discuss the ‘The New Geopolitics of Eastern Africa’. The closed-door roundtable considered the ongoing transformation of
Commodification and Conflict in the Horn of Africa Borderlands
April 1, 2026
This report synthesizes findings from the Rift Valley Institute’s X-Border Local Research Network (2019–2025). In the surveyed studies, 25 leading local and international area specialists conducted extensive qualitative fieldwork across borderlands in South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and the Somali