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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.

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2023
Dulmar: Siyaasadda aan xasilooneyn ee Hirshabelle

Hirshabeelle waxaa ka jiray xasilooni darro siyaasadeed tan iyo markii si deg deg ah loo dhisay bishii Oktoobar 2016, iyadoo la isku daray labada gobol ee Hiiraan iyo Shabeellaha Dhexe. Intii ay hawsha maamul sameynta socotay, beelo deggan Hiiraan ayaa ku dooday in gobolka Hiiraan uu noqdo Dowlad-goboleed gaar ah halkii lagu qasbi lahaa in uu…

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2023
Overview: Hirshabelle’s volatile political settlement

Hirshabelle has been the site of continued political instability since its hasty formation as a Federal Member State (FMS) in October 2016, combining the two regions of Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle. Throughout the process, key constituencies in Hiiraan argued that the region should be a separate FMS rather than be forced to…

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2022

Warbixintan waxaa soo saaray Somali Dialogue Platform. Somali Dialogue Platform waa barnaamij Soomaalida ka taageera sidii loo gaari lahaa is-afgarad ku saabsan arrimaha la isku haysto ee siyaasadeed waxaana fuliya Machadka Rift Valley. Somali Dialogue Platform waxaa maalgeliya Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ee Boqortooyada Ingiriiska, Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee…

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2022

This report is a product of the Somali Dialogue Platform. The Somali Dialogue Platform is a programme which supports Somalis to achieve consensus on contentious political issues and is implemented by the Rift Valley Institute. The Somali Dialogue Platform is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, and the United States…

2022

This paper provides an analysis of the six-month conflict trends in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, particularly Metekel zone. As well as providing an overview of the conflict and its main actors, it also examines the political processes that have been put in place to try to resolve the conflict. This is particularly relevant due to the decline in violence in Beninshangul-Gumuz in…

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2022

This briefing was produced by the Ethiopia Peace Research Facility (PRF). The PRF is an independent facility combining timely analysis on peace and conflict from Ethiopian experts with support for conflict sensitive programming in the country. It is managed by the Rift Valley Institute and funded by the UK government.

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After nearly two decades of relative…
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2022

An all-inclusive Community Conference held in Garowe from May-August 1998 established Puntland State of Somalia. A guiding three-year Provisional Charter, endorsed in the Community Conference, sanctioned the formation of basic governance functions divided into the executive, legislative and judiciary organs. It defined the mandates of each organ and underscored the independence of each organ…

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2022

In 1972, the rate of literacy in the Republic of Somalia was estimated to be 5.40 per cent of the total population. Soon afterwards in 1974 the Siyad Barre government launched ‘The Somalia Rural Literacy Campaign’ – an ambitious campaign to teach people to read in rural Somalia, mostly through the unprecedented deployment of thousands of school and university graduates as teachers. In…

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2022

This briefing considers the changing political situation in Sudan with a particular focus on the future of the Juba Peace Agreement ( JPA).

It explores how the relationship between two key factions in the conflict has complicated the ongoing discussions around the formation of a new political arrangement in Sudan.

Contrary to what many in Sudan’s civilian political movement…

2022

As part of a wider attempt to increase export revenues amidst weak economic performance, Ethiopian authorities doubled the price of khat for exports to Somaliland and Djibouti in April 2022. Following much controversy, the decision was reversed a few months later. What was behind this trade price ‘fix’ and why does it matter?

This report is a product of the FCDO’s Cross-Border Conflict…