War, Migration and Work
War, Migration and Work outlines how the changing economy has affected social relations in the Northern Bahr el-Ghazal borderlands, particularly between the old and the young, and men and women. The result is a fraying social system, where intra-family disputes, including violence, are on the rise, and the old order is being increasingly challenged and […]
2019 THIS YEAR IN SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN
This blog post was written by Alden Young and Naomi Pendle, the Co-Directors of Studies for the Rift Valley Institute’s Sudan and South Sudan Course, which will be taking place in Ethiopia from 24-28 June 2019. Alden and Naomi will be joined by a team of leading specialists to explore the contemporary complexities of the region as […]
This year in Sudan and South Sudan
This blog post was written by Nicki Kindersley and Magdi el-Gizouli, the Co-Directors of Studies for the Rift Valley Institute’s Sudan and South Sudan Course, which will be taking place in Sagana, Kenya from 20-25 May 2018. The course will examine the range of explanations for enduring and interconnected conflicts and crises in both countries, […]
Somalia’s Jubaland
On 22 February 2013, the Rift Valley Institute’s Nairobi Forum hosted an event entitled ‘Somalia’s Jubaland: Past, present and potential futures’. Jubaland has been one of the most heavily fought over regions of Somalia—but with its perennial river, fertile soils and the port city of Kismayo it has the potential to be one of Somalia’s […]
Art, literature, and reconstruction in the Horn of Africa
The Somali Kenyan MP Yusuf Hassan was a conspicuous absence at a discussion on the role of art and literature in social reconstruction in the Horn of Africa, which took place on 10 December 2012 in Nairobi. The MP was injured by shrapnel in an explosion in his Kamukunji constituency in Eastleigh, a largely Somali […]
Kjetil Tronvoll on the RVI Horn of Africa Field Course 2010
Kjetil Tronvoll discusses some of the flashpoints preceding war between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 1998 on the Rift Valley Institute 2010 Horn of Africa course, Lamu, Kenya.
The late Dekha Ibrahim (1964-2011) discusses the role of elders in a Somali community
Dekha Ibrahim discusses the role of elders in a Somali community on the Rift Valley Institute’s Horn of Africa Course, which took place in 2008 in Djibouti.
Jok Madut Jok at TEDxJuba
At a Tedx talk in Juba on 13 July 2012, co-founder of the Rift Valley Institute and Executive Director of the Sudd Institute, Jok Madut Jok, spoke of the importance of culture in nation building. He emphasized the importance of national heritage to create a new South Sudanese national identity.
Suzanne Jambo discusses human rights and negotiating the CPA
Suzanne Jambo discusses human rights and negotiating the CPA at the 2005 RVI Sudan Course in Rumbek, Sudan.
M23 and the challenges to peace in the DRC
On 17 December 2012, Jason Stearns, director of the RVI Usalama Project, discussed the capture of Goma by the M23 rebel group and the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at a public event in London. Organized by the Africa Programme at Chatham House, in association with RVI, the event […]