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Electoral Designs

Sudan and South Sudan
2018

A guide to Sudan’s electoral system – one of the most complex in the world – and its effects on the distribution of power. The report analyses government documents to reveal errors and ambiguities in the demarcation of electoral districts, and warns of the challenge these pose to the conduct of elections in April 2010.

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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Post-2018 Ethiopia: Navigating church–state and inter-religious dynamics

April 4, 2025

This report examines the complex and shifting situation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) in post-2018 Ethiopia, highlighting its struggle to maintain influence amid

Thinking about Borderlands: Observations and implications from XCEPT programme research

March 31, 2025

Do the ways in which policymakers and national governments view borderlands reflect how the communities living there experience them? Building on this, can a better

Digital Governance and Security in the Horn of Africa

March 28, 2025

While digital finance—including mobile money—has developed unevenly across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, such technologies are nevertheless transforming everyday economic activities. In some cases, borderlands and

Rift Valley Institute

Electoral Designs

Recent Publications

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Post-2018 Ethiopia: Navigating church–state and inter-religious dynamics

Thinking about Borderlands: Observations and implications from XCEPT programme research

Digital Governance and Security in the Horn of Africa

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