Publications

The Institute publishes books, research reports, research papers, briefings and meeting reports in a range of formats. Publications cover policy, research, arts, culture and local knowledge in the countries of eastern and central Africa. Research publications—books, reports and papers—are peer-reviewed. Some RVI publications are also available in French and/or Arabic. Blogs can be read here.

The RVI is a signatory of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (2001); all publications are free for download in PDF format under Creative Commons licences. Print versions of most books and reports, and digital versions in Kindle and other specialist formats, are available for sale from Amazon and other online retailers, and from selected bookstores. Proceeds from sales are allocated to the Institute's Scholarship Fund, which provides support to researchers and activists from eastern and central Africa.

The views expressed in books and reports published by the RVI are those of the authors, not the Institute.

Usalama

Great Lakes

Research Reports

Une instabilité stable

2016

Une instabilité stable par Judith Verweijen - RVI PSRP Projet Usalama (2016)_0.pdf

Après plus de deux décennies de conflit violent permanent, les groupes armés—quel que soit le caractère plus ou moins fugace de leur existence—sont devenus une caractéristique incontournable de l’ordre socio-politique au Congo oriental. Ils n’y sont pas une aberration provi- soire dans ce qui est, par ailleurs, une société normale. Ils sont au cœur des mécanismes par lesquels le pouvoir est…

Rift Valley Forum Rift Valley Forum

Horn of Africa

Books

Carrada Ayaan Dhunkannay

Maxamed Xuseen Geeldoon

2016

Carrada Ayaan Dhunkannay sheekadii Maxamed Xuseen Geeldoon - RVI Rift Valley Forum (2016).pdf

‘Waa sheeko ka mid ah kuwii ugu xiisaha badnaa ee aan la kulmo, oo ka warramaysa waayoaragnimada qurbaawi Soomaali ah, oo ka raadsanaya meel kale, nolol aayatiin dhaanta tan aan xasilloonayn ee geyiga Soomaalida. Akhriskeedu waxa uu ii noqdey mid caqiibo leh, si cilmiyeysan u qoran, oo aanad ka xiiso goynayn. Waan dhiirigelinayaa akhriska sheekadan.’
NUURADIIN FAARAX

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Rift Valley Forum Rift Valley Forum

Horn of Africa

Research Reports

Going on Tahriib

Nimo-ilhan Ali

2016

Going on Tahriib by Nimo-ilhan Ali - RVI Rift Valley Forum Research Paper 5 (2016).pdf

‘An enlightening exposé of the motives and societal pressures that spur irregular migration, in this particular case, from Somaliland and Puntland. This study could not be timelier given that people smugglers and migrant traffickers have proven themselves to be extremely adept at continuously adjusting their methods to changed and changing policy contexts. Policymakers in both countries of…

Rift Valley Forum Rift Valley Forum

Horn of Africa

Books

We Kissed the Ground

Mohamed Hussein Geeldoon

2016

We Kissed the Ground by Mohamed Hussein Geeldoon - RVI Rift Valley Forum (2016).pdf

‘This is a vivid account—one of the best I’ve come across—of what it is to be a Somali migrant in pursuit of a safer future elsewhere, away from the precarious life in the Somali Peninsula. I’ve found it a wonderful, intelligent, well-organized and gripping read—and I recommend it.’
NURUDDIN FARAH

BUY ON AMAZON

In 2015, an estimated 154,000 migrants entered…

Usalama Usalama

Great Lakes

Research Reports

Stable Instability

Judith Verweijen

2016

Stable Instability by Judith Verweijen - RVI PSRP Usalama Project (2016).pdf

After more than two decades of ongoing violent conflict, armed groups—however fleeting their existence—have become an integral feature of the eastern Congo’s social-political order. They are not a temporary aberration in what is otherwise a normal society. They are at the heart of the way power is exercised and experienced. Moreover, armed groups do not stand apart from either society or the…

Usalama Usalama

Great Lakes

Research Reports

Contestation de l'autorité

Koen Vlassenroot, Emery Mudinga, Kasper Hoffmann

2016

Contestation de l’autorité par Koen Vlassenroot, Emery Mudinga et Kasper Hoffman - RVI PSRP Projet Usalama (2016).pdf

Cela fait plus de vingt ans que les territoires de Kalehe et de Walikale, où se rejoignent les provinces du Nord et du Sud-Kivu, subissent une prolifération de groupes armés. Le premier de ces groupes est apparu pendant la guerre de Masisi, au Nord-Kivu, qui a vu s’opposer des communautés autochtones et migrantes et a affecté la cohabitation ethnique dans ces deux territoires. Pendant les…

Violent Extremism and Community Resilience

Rift Valley Forum Rift Valley Forum

East Africa

Meeting Reports

Violent Extremism and Community Resilience

Elizabeth Mahiri

2016

Violent Extremism and Community Resilience – RVI Rift Valley Forum Meeting Report (2016).pdf

Key points The Kenyan government lacks a Countering Violence Extremism (CVE) policy aimed at finding a long term solution to violent extremism. Successful CVE approaches could include the communities that have been overlooked in conventional approaches—women, families and their communities. The state and media have played significant roles in fomenting cultural, political and religious…

Stabilization in Eastern and Central Africa

Rift Valley Forum Rift Valley Forum

Horn of Africa Sudan and South Sudan

Meeting Reports

Stabilization in Eastern and Central Africa

Multiple Authors

2016

Stabilization in Eastern and Central Africa - RVI Stabilization Conference (2016).pdf

‘The conference has put into perspective what stabilization means in South Sudan as opposed to what it means in Somalia and in the DRC. And putting my own insights on stabilization alongside those of the speakers here has given me a different lens through which to understand and evaluate events in Somalia.’
SAGAL SHEIKH ALI, SOMALI WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTER

‘We need…

Usalama Usalama

Great Lakes

Research Reports

Contesting Authority

Koen Vlassenroot, Emery Mudinga, Kasper Hoffmann

2016

Contesting Authority by Koen Vlassenroot, Emery Mudinga and Kasper Hoffmann - RVI PSRP Usalama Project (2016).pdf

For more than 20 years, Kalehe and Walikale, two territories connecting the provinces of North and South Kivu, have been characterized by a proliferation of armed groups. The first of these groups emerged during the Masisi war in North Kivu, which pitched autochthonous and migrant communities against each other and affected ethnic cohabitation in Kalehe and Walikale. During the Congolese wars…

Les femmes, le conflit et l’autorité publique au Congo

Usalama Usalama

Great Lakes

Briefings

Les femmes, le conflit et l’autorité publique au Congo

Jeroen Cuvelier, Marie-Rose Bashwira

2016

Les femmes, le conflit et l'autorité publique au Congo par Jeroen Cuvelier et Marie-Rose Bashwira - RVI PSRP Projet Usalama (2016).pdf

La RDC a mauvaise réputation pour ce qui est de l’égalité de genre et du respect des droits des femmes. A ce jour, les bailleurs de fonds et les médias internationaux se sont focalisés sur les violences sexuelles et sexistes (VSS) dans l’est du pays, région qui a subi deux décennies de conflit armé. En 2010, une allocution de Margot Wallström, alors Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général…

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