XCEPT research consortium (formerly X-border local research network)
Aims and Objectives Beginning in March 2018, the X-Border Local Research Network is a research consortium aimed at developing a better understanding of the causes and implications of conflict in the border areas of north-east Africa, the Middle East and Asia. This project is part of a broader FCDO programme, X (Cross) Border Conflict – […]
Understanding Sudan’s electoral system: Principles of representation
This briefing is part of RVI’s Sudan Elections Project, a short-term study on the history of elections in the country. The project examines the different factors that have shaped the course and consequences of elections in Sudan, while drawing out lessons to inform the programming and advocacy work of those hoping to ensure a successful […]
From Dust to Dollar: Gold mining and trade in the Sudan-Ethiopia borderland
From Dust to Dollar focuses on the borderland region between Sudan and Ethiopia, using gold-mining and trade to examine transnational flows of people and commodities across its semi-permeable frontier. Gold mining has shifted from being part of a long-term, family- and community-based livelihood strategy to a short-term entrepreneurial pursuit. Mining is increasingly dominated by the […]
Sudan elections project مشروع انتخابات السودان
The RVI Sudan Elections Project is a short-term study on the history of elections in Sudan—particularly the 2010 and 2015 elections. The project aims to examine the drivers and constraints that have shaped the course and consequences of previous elections in Sudan while drawing out lessons to inform programming and advocacy work of actors working […]
Community approaches to epidemic management in South Sudan
A scoping study by the Rift Valley Institute on how communities in South Sudan are responding to COVID-19, published in May 2020, identified a variety of local epidemic management systems, including contagion controls, migrant tracking and quarantine systems, care of infectious patients and self-isolation. However, there has been no systematic research that documents these management systems, […]
Sudan open archive
The Project The Sudan Open Archive (www.sudanarchive.net) offers free digital access to knowledge of all regions of Sudan and South Sudan. It is an expanding, word-searchable, full-text database of books, documents, scholarly resources and grey literature. The website is linked to the RVI’s guide to internet resources on Sudan and South Sudan. SOA was originally created in 2004 to […]
Conversations with RVI researchers: Joseph Diing Majok and Nicki Kindersley
RVI’s Magnus Taylor speaks with RVI researchers, Joseph Diing Majok and Nicki Kindersley, about their latest report, Breaking Out of the Borderlands: Understanding migrant pathways from Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, South Sudan. The report takes the phenomena of the monetization of land, life and work in the borderland and looks at the consequences of this […]
Book Launch: Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan
Sudan’s 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement ended more than two decades of civil war and led to South Sudan’s independence. Peacemaking that brought about the agreement and sought to sustain it involved, alongside Sudan, an array of regional and western states as well as international organizations. This was a landmark effort to create and sustain […]
Climate change and environmental concerns: Understanding the quality of environment through annual rainfall patterns
The Rift Valley Institute, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Museums and National Heritage, is sharing selected, approved documents from the South Sudan National Archives through social media channels to showcase the range of information available in the collection. This project is implemented in partnership with UNESCO with funding from the Norwegian Government. […]
‘We’re Graduates Now…’ An Oral History Exhibition of University Graduates’ Educational Journeys
The Rift Valley Institute, Catholic University of South Sudan, and Likikiri Collective are pleased to release the fruits of their latest collaboration. ‘”We’re Graduates Now…” An Oral History Exhibition of University Graduates’ Educational Journeys’ is borne out of an oral history course hosted by the three institutions for faculty and graduates of universities in South Sudan […]