The Institute recently wrapped up its fifteenth year of annual field courses, which were held this year in May and June in Kenya. The one-week intensive courses covered an array of historical and contemporary issues in the Horn of Africa, Sudan and…
News
SEARCH
NEWS TYPES
REGION
The Rift Valley Institute is pleased to announce the seventh Juba Lecture Series under the theme of ‘Everyday Economies: Historical Perspectives and Present-day Realities in South Sudan’. The lectures will take place from 3:00pm – 5:30pm on 19 and 20 November…
In June and July, the Rift Valley Institute will hold the 2019 annual field courses in Ethiopia. Now in their sixteenth year, each course examines a different sub-region within eastern and central Africa: Sudan and South Sudan, the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa. They…
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…
This blog post was written by Alden Young and Naomi Pendle, the Co-Directors of Studies for the Rift Valley Institute’s Sudan and South Sudan Course, which will be taking place in Ethiopia from 24-28 June 2019. Alden and Naomi will be…
The Rift Valley Institute is pleased to announce that RVI Fellow, Aly Verjee, has been awarded the 2019 Oslo Forum Peacewriter Prize for his article, ‘Monitoring Ceasefires is Getting Harder: Greater Innovation is Required’. Aly Verjee is currently a Visiting Expert…
This blog post was written by Nicki Kindersley and Magdi el-Gizouli, the Co-Directors of Studies for the Rift Valley Institute’s Sudan and South Sudan Course, which will be taking place in Sagana, Kenya from 20-25 May 2018. The course…
Marol Academy is a community primary school in Southern Sudan, in Warab state. It opened in 2008 with 350 students and seven teachers. Founded by Dr Jok Madut Jok, an RVI Fellow born in Warab, the Academy is one…
RVI Fellow Conradin Perner (Kwacakworo), was awarded the Yellow Star medal by the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit shortly after South Sudan's independence day. A renowned ethnographer of the Anyuak and a founder of…
In an interview with Sudan Radio, RVI Fellow Alfred Sebit Lokuji of the University of Juba makes a suggestion for the resolution of the border disputes between Sudan and South Sudan: consult the people who live there."One way to…
Recent Publications
አዲሱ የደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ የክላስተር አደረጃጀትና የሀብት ክፍፍል ተግዳሮቶች፡ የዘይሴ-ጋሞ እና ቀቤና-ጉራጌ ድንበርአካባቢ ግጭቶች
December 20, 2024
ይህ ሪፖርት በደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ከ2010 ጀምሮ የተተገበረውን የአስተዳደር ክላስተር መልሶ ማዋቀር ተከትሎ፣ በዘይሴ እና በጋሞ እንዲሁም በቀቤና እና በጉራጌ ብሔረሰቦች መካከል በተከሰቱ ውጥረቶች ላይ ያተኩራል። ከ2010 ጀምሮ ከድንበር ይገባኛል እና ራስን በራስ ከማስተዳደር ጥያቄዎች ጋር ተያይዘው የሚነሱ ግጭቶች በኢትዮጵያ እየጨመሩ
NEW CLUSTER REGIONS AND DISTRIBUTIVE STRUGGLES IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY CONFLICTS IN THE ZEYSE–GAMO AND KABENA–GURAGE BORDERLANDS
December 20, 2024
This report was written for the Ethiopia Peace Research Facility (PRF) and is part of its Knowledge for Peace (K4P) series on contested borderlands The PRF is an independent facility combining timely analysis on peace and conflict from Ethiopian experts
BARRIERS TO REFUGEE INTEGRATION IN KAKUMA AND KALOBEYEI,NORTH–WEST KENYA
December 19, 2024
Why are the majority of refugees in Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee camps in north–west Kenya resistant to the Kenyan government’s new official policy of integration with the local community? This paper explores this question through personal interviews and focus group