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Ethiopia Conflict Sensitivity Hub (ECSH)

The Ethiopia Conflict Sensitivity Hub (ECSH) is a collaborative initiative established by the Rift Valley Institute, Mercy Corps and Adapt Peacebuilding. Launched in June 2025, the Hub was created in response to the growing demand among humanitarian, development, and…
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Ethiopian Women Researchers Network (EWNET)

The Ethiopian Women Researchers Network (EWNET) is an initiative of the Rift Valley Institute’s Peace Research Facility (PRF), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. EWNET provides a collaborative platform for Ethiopian women researchers in the social…
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The Peace Research Facility

The Peace Research Facility (PRF) of the Rift Valley Institute is a multi-year project implemented by the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) in Ethiopia. Since 2022, PRF has been working in conflict analysis and peacebuilding in Ethiopia. With an objective…
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Somali Dialogue Platform

The Somali Dialogue Platform (Wadahadalada Somaaliyeed) is a programme, implemented by the Rift Valley Institute, that works to facilitate agreement amongst Somalis on contentious political issues. It is supported by the FCDO, DANIDA, USAID and BUILD. The need Somalis recognize…
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Local peace processes in Sudan

Aims of the Project This project aimed to provide a baseline record and preliminary contextual analysis of “people-to-people” peace processes in Sudan. and contribute to a growing body of literature on indigenous approaches to peacemaking in Africa. Background In…
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Securing the Peace in Somaliland

Securing the peace in Somaliland

Summary The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the 2010 presidential elections on peace and security in Somaliland and suggest areas where external assistance could be of value. The report, Securing the Peace in Somaliland, was…
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  • Recent Publications

    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

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    Peace and Instability: Tigray since the Pretoria Agreement

    March 26, 2026

    CONFLICT TRENDS ANALYSIS / MARCH 2026 Summary THE ETHIOPIA PEACE RESEARCH FACILITY This conflict trends analysis was produced by the Ethiopia Peace Research Facility (PRF). The PRF is an independent facility combining timely analysis on peace and conflict from Ethiopian

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    Political Economy of Cash and Markets in Sudan

    February 27, 2026

    The research provides a snapshot of the war in Sudan in the period from February to April 2025. However, the war is dynamic, with political alliances and territorial control changing. The April 2023 conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF)

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