Communications Assistant
SUMMARY Job Title: Communications AssistantEmployment type: Full-time, one yearLocation: Nairobi, Kenya Reporting Structure: Reports to Programme Officer, Communications, IT and Knowledge Management (Communications Officer) and Senior Programme Manager: Publications and Communications. Job Context The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent, non-profit organisation, currently working in eastern and central Africa. The aim of the Institute […]
PEOPLE-CENTRED INTEGRATION IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATORY REGIONALISM
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Current trends and future scenarios of Somali diaspora engagement
The global Somali diaspora numbers two million people that live outside the Somali regions of the Horn of Africa. The strong links that diaspora populations maintain with the Somali regions—engaging multifariously in the spheres of development, politics, and economy—exert a crucial influence on Somali society in the Horn. However, in recent years there have been indications […]
Global Connections: Somali Diaspora Practices and their Effects
With an estimated two million people of Somali descent living outside Somalia—the ‘Somali diaspora’—an understanding of migration and transnational practices is crucial for grasping Somali society. Mobility and mobile livelihoods have been important aspects of Somali life for centuries. Even so, international migration and transnational socio-economic practices—such as remittances, news and communication between Somalis in […]
Voting For Change: Sudan Election Models-Discussion with Professor Justin Willis
In the Sudan Elections podcast series ‘Voting for Change’, host Raga Makawi talks to Justin Willis- Professor of Modern History at Durham University – about election models adopted in Sudan’s modern history, key choices available for policymakers who are involved in election design, special votes for farmers in the past, why graduates have sometimes had an […]
المدونة الثانيه من مشروع انتخابات السودان- التصويت من اجل التغيير؟’-دور المجتمع المدني والاحزاب السياسية في تحقيق الديمقراطية: حوار مع بروف منزول العسل – جامعة الخرطوم
المدونة الثانيه من مشروع انتخابات السودان- حوار مع بروف منزول العسل – جامعة الخرطوم في الحلقة الثانية من السلسلة الصوتية ‘انتخابات السودان’ نناقش- على الرغم من الاستياء الشعبي من الأحزاب والعمليات السياسية – الدور الذي يمكن أن يلعبه المجتمع المدني في تحقيق الديمقراطية من خلال انتخابات حرة ونزيهة.
{Podcast} Voting for Change: Sudan’s Elections Models – Discussion with Prof Justin Willis
In the first episode of the Sudan Elections podcast series ‘Voting for Change’, host Raga Makawi talks to Justin Willis- Professor of Modern History at Durham University – about election models adopted in Sudan’s modern history, key choices available for policymakers who are involved in election design, special votes for farmers in the […]
Elections in East Africa: A Democratizing Force or a Violence Flashpoint?
On 14th October 2021, the Rift Valley Institute in partnership with the Heinrich Boll Foundation and The Elephant will host its last elections series webinar to discuss lessons the region can learn from voting as a means of democratisation, as well as what needs to be done to secure a long-term democratic trajectory […]
Tanzania Elections 2020
On 30 September 2020, the Rift Valley Forum, in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, hosted the second forum in the Elections Series on the 2020 elections in Tanzania. The forum examined the Tanzania experience under President Magufuli, leader of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, who was elected in 2015. Among the issues discussed was the repression […]
Elections in the Horn and East Africa 2020–21
On 16 September 2020, the Rift Valley Forum, in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, hosted on online forum to explore the electoral atmosphere in the East and Horn of Africa region. The forum provided a critical space for the examination of contentious issues around elections scheduled for 2020 and 2021. The issues discussed included […]