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Les préparatifs battent leur plein du côté du Palais du peuple et du stade des martyrs de Kinshasa. Dans quelques jours, du 13 au 14 octobre, la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) accueillera la XIVe édition du Sommet de…
RVI in Local and Global Media 2009 is a cumulative record of references to the Rift Valley Institute in local and international news media and academic literature in 2009. Included in the document are online, broadcast and print commentary and…
By Magdi El Gazouli Sudan and South Sudan signed on Thursday a battery of eight agreements covering oil and other economic concerns, border security, monitoring and demarcation, the status of nationals in the other state, and trade next to…
By Sally Healy On 20 August the Ethiopian authorities announced the sudden death of the Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who had been at the helm of Ethiopian politics for twenty-one years. At the age of 57, Meles still seemed…
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US lawmakers on Wednesday heard a powerful plea to stop a brutal wave of rapes and killings by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid claims six million people have died in years of war. “Congress, in your…
Examining the Role of Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Testimony: Jason K. Stearns, Director, Usalama Project, Rift Valley Institute Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Bass, and Members…
Since it declared independence in 1991, Somaliland has worked to develop a system of multi-party democracy. The result is a relatively complex but home-grown set of political arrangements, providing concessions to and incorporating different interest groups. This was the…
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The Role of informal and Formal Microfinance in Women’s Livelihood In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
January 9, 2025
The research for this blog found that locally led women’s microfinance groups provided financial security and opportunities for refugee women who could not get funds from banks or NGOs. By Tamanji Logodi Introduction Originally a temporary home for South Sudanese
URBAN CONTESTATION IN DIRE DAWA CITY
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Dire Dawa, the second-most populous city in Ethiopia, is known as a melting pot of ethnic, language and religious groups in the east of the country. In the aftermath of the 2018 national political transition, however, the city, which is
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