South Sudan’s borderland region with Sudan, in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, is a hard place to make a living. Jobs are scarce, livelihoods insecure and movement across the border is heavily regulated. The region's women often bear the heaviest burden as they strive to make the best choices for their families. Joseph Diing, a researcher on RVI’s X-…

The Somali diaspora has been a lifeline for people in Somalia for many years, responding to major humanitarian emergencies and everyday crises. The ways in which this humanitarian response is mobilised, channelled and delivered to people in Somalia is the subject of a new research project—Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises—run by the…

Depuis des décennies, la ville d’Uvira est caractérisée par des cas de vol avec usage d’armes à feu et le cambriolage, qui consiste à s’introduire par effraction dans des habitations de paisibles citoyens. Les cibles des vols à main armée et des cambriolages sont surtout des travailleurs des petites ou moyennes entreprises comme : les changeurs…

Actuellement  la recherche collaborative est au cœur du débat dans  les institutions de recherches de  pays du sud dû aux conditions pénibles de travail parcourues par les chercheurs dans la chaine de la recherche. Les entreprises scientifiques, qui comprennent les institutions ou organisations qui commanditent les recherches, pensent que…

In December 2018 RVI Consultant Researcher Khalif Abdirahman travelled to the far north-east of Puntland to undertake research as part of RVI's X-Border Local Research Network. In this blog, he describes how the region's close links with Yemen are changing the way that people live, work and relate to Puntland's own political centre. 

Binyavanga Wainaina, a Fellow of the Rift Valley Institute since 2009, died on May 21 at the age of 48. 

In early 2019, RVI moved to new offices in Hai Kuwait, Juba. While we were sorry to leave behind our previous premises and generous hosts at the Catholic University of South Sudan, we are excited about the opportunities the new office provides. The new location positions us nearby two of our closest partners in South Sudan: The National…

Over the last year, there have been several momentous and largely unpredicted changes in Sudan and South Sudan. In Sudan, after 30 years in power, Omar al-Bashir was ejected from the presidency following months of popular protests. This triggered an on-going re-ordering of the country’s political system with the outcome as yet unknown. In South…

Entre 2016 et 2018, 17 cas de braquages des cambistes, y inclus des assassinats ont été enregistrés par la société civile de Bukavu. Ces actes se déroulent à la fois les jours comme les nuits sur les trottoirs des rues de la ville ou aux domiciles des cambistes. Ce blog analyse les  différentes facettes de l’insécurité vécue par les cambistes…