Rift Valley Institute
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RVI is a non-profit organization working in eastern and central Africa to bring local knowledge to bear on political and economic development.
EWNET has launched its Diaspora Membership for Ethiopian women researchers abroad. Join a growing community supporting collaboration mentoring and Ethiopia-focused scholarship.
Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdwhrbuu
Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdwhrbuu
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
EWNET has launched its Diaspora Membership for Ethiopian women researchers abroad. Join a growing community supporting collaboration mentoring and Ethiopia-focused scholarship.
Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdwhrbuu
Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdwhrbuu
We are grateful to all participants and speakers for sharing their expertise and perspectives. Your engagement helps drive the shift towards stronger locally led systems and a more sustainable approach to aid.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are grateful to all participants and speakers for sharing their expertise and perspectives. Your engagement helps drive the shift towards stronger locally led systems and a more sustainable approach to aid.
Stay updated by subscribing to our newsletter. Click tinyurl.com/RVINewsletter
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Yesterday’s hybrid forum From Charity to Solidarity: Rethinking Aid in Sudan and South Sudan – Charting Policy Directions examined the declining international aid in the Sudans and the critical role of local responders in sustaining communities.
December 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yesterday’s hybrid forum From Charity to Solidarity: Rethinking Aid in Sudan and South Sudan – Charting Policy Directions examined the declining international aid in the Sudans and the critical role of local responders in sustaining communities.
Happening now: From Charity to Solidarity – Rethinking Aid in Sudan and South Sudan. With aid falling sharply as needs rise, we discuss what this means for communities and the local responders carrying most of the burden.
If you can't join physically, join online here: us02web.zoom.us/j/89516365818
If you can't join physically, join online here: us02web.zoom.us/j/89516365818
December 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happening now: From Charity to Solidarity – Rethinking Aid in Sudan and South Sudan. With aid falling sharply as needs rise, we discuss what this means for communities and the local responders carrying most of the burden.
If you can't join physically, join online here: us02web.zoom.us/j/89516365818
If you can't join physically, join online here: us02web.zoom.us/j/89516365818
Local responders are holding communities together as aid to #Sudan and #SouthSudan hits historic lows. Join RVI and partners in Nairobi on 10 Dec to discuss what’s needed to adapt policy and practice.
Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Local responders are holding communities together as aid to #Sudan and #SouthSudan hits historic lows. Join RVI and partners in Nairobi on 10 Dec to discuss what’s needed to adapt policy and practice.
Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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Drawing on a 2-day closed workshop, the panel highlighted gaps in past processes, including the exclusion of key groups and discussed how more grounded, inclusive approaches can better reflect #Sudan’s political and social realities.
Receive updates and forum invites here: tinyurl.com/RVINewsletter
Receive updates and forum invites here: tinyurl.com/RVINewsletter
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Drawing on a 2-day closed workshop, the panel highlighted gaps in past processes, including the exclusion of key groups and discussed how more grounded, inclusive approaches can better reflect #Sudan’s political and social realities.
Receive updates and forum invites here: tinyurl.com/RVINewsletter
Receive updates and forum invites here: tinyurl.com/RVINewsletter
On Saturday 6 December, RVI and the Sudan Norway Academic Collaboration hosted Sudanese researchers for a discussion on why five decades of peace initiatives have struggled to deliver stability in #Sudan and what causes agreements to falter in practice. 🧵1/2
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On Saturday 6 December, RVI and the Sudan Norway Academic Collaboration hosted Sudanese researchers for a discussion on why five decades of peace initiatives have struggled to deliver stability in #Sudan and what causes agreements to falter in practice. 🧵1/2
With aid to #Sudan and #SouthSudan at historic lows, local responders are sustaining communities on the frontlines. RVI and partners will host a forum in Nairobi on 10 Dec to explore how policy and practice must adapt to this reality.
Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
With aid to #Sudan and #SouthSudan at historic lows, local responders are sustaining communities on the frontlines. RVI and partners will host a forum in Nairobi on 10 Dec to explore how policy and practice must adapt to this reality.
Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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Register: tinyurl.com/CharitytoSolidarity
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Sudan’s peace deals have repeatedly fallen short and left core issues unresolved. Join RVI and the Sudan Norway Academic Collaboration on 6 December for a hybrid forum exploring new approaches to peacemaking shaped by Sudanese voices.
Register: bit.ly/4pPeMco
Register: bit.ly/4pPeMco
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sudan’s peace deals have repeatedly fallen short and left core issues unresolved. Join RVI and the Sudan Norway Academic Collaboration on 6 December for a hybrid forum exploring new approaches to peacemaking shaped by Sudanese voices.
Register: bit.ly/4pPeMco
Register: bit.ly/4pPeMco
‘What we are facing is not just a momentary downturn in funding but a structural change in the aid system itself… local actors and first responders are stepping in to meet the humanitarian needs of their people.’
David Deng, Managing Director, Detrco
bit.ly/KampalaResol...
David Deng, Managing Director, Detrco
bit.ly/KampalaResol...
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
‘What we are facing is not just a momentary downturn in funding but a structural change in the aid system itself… local actors and first responders are stepping in to meet the humanitarian needs of their people.’
David Deng, Managing Director, Detrco
bit.ly/KampalaResol...
David Deng, Managing Director, Detrco
bit.ly/KampalaResol...
VACANCY | Programme Officer, Somali Dialogue Platform (SDP)
RVI is recruiting a Programme Officer to support strategy, analysis, coordination and delivery of the SDP in Mogadishu.
Open to Somali nationals or those eligible to work in Somalia.
Apply: bit.ly/49KFj5P
RVI is recruiting a Programme Officer to support strategy, analysis, coordination and delivery of the SDP in Mogadishu.
Open to Somali nationals or those eligible to work in Somalia.
Apply: bit.ly/49KFj5P
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
VACANCY | Programme Officer, Somali Dialogue Platform (SDP)
RVI is recruiting a Programme Officer to support strategy, analysis, coordination and delivery of the SDP in Mogadishu.
Open to Somali nationals or those eligible to work in Somalia.
Apply: bit.ly/49KFj5P
RVI is recruiting a Programme Officer to support strategy, analysis, coordination and delivery of the SDP in Mogadishu.
Open to Somali nationals or those eligible to work in Somalia.
Apply: bit.ly/49KFj5P
The November edition of the RVI Newsletter is out now!
Explore the latest updates and insights from across the region: bit.ly/4nIs099
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Explore the latest updates and insights from across the region: bit.ly/4nIs099
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The November edition of the RVI Newsletter is out now!
Explore the latest updates and insights from across the region: bit.ly/4nIs099
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Explore the latest updates and insights from across the region: bit.ly/4nIs099
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Join our 7th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 24 November.
Weather and climate information from the frontlines, insights from Wajir
Register in-person in Nairobi or online: lnkd.in/eEjhu88A
Weather and climate information from the frontlines, insights from Wajir
Register in-person in Nairobi or online: lnkd.in/eEjhu88A
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Join our 7th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 24 November.
Weather and climate information from the frontlines, insights from Wajir
Register in-person in Nairobi or online: lnkd.in/eEjhu88A
Weather and climate information from the frontlines, insights from Wajir
Register in-person in Nairobi or online: lnkd.in/eEjhu88A
RVI is recruiting a Team Leader to head the Somali Dialogue Platform, a programme that provides research, analysis and technical support to strengthen inclusive political dialogue in #Somalia.
The role is based in Nairobi with regular travel to Somalia.
More about the role here: bit.ly/4oqAzXg
The role is based in Nairobi with regular travel to Somalia.
More about the role here: bit.ly/4oqAzXg
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
RVI is recruiting a Team Leader to head the Somali Dialogue Platform, a programme that provides research, analysis and technical support to strengthen inclusive political dialogue in #Somalia.
The role is based in Nairobi with regular travel to Somalia.
More about the role here: bit.ly/4oqAzXg
The role is based in Nairobi with regular travel to Somalia.
More about the role here: bit.ly/4oqAzXg
Happening now: Book Launch of 'The Police, the State and the Congo Cop.'
Featuring the author Michel Thill, with Judith Verweijen, Patrick Gathara & Henry-Pacifique Mayala.
Join on Zoom: bit.ly/4qEYh3O
Featuring the author Michel Thill, with Judith Verweijen, Patrick Gathara & Henry-Pacifique Mayala.
Join on Zoom: bit.ly/4qEYh3O
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Happening now: Book Launch of 'The Police, the State and the Congo Cop.'
Featuring the author Michel Thill, with Judith Verweijen, Patrick Gathara & Henry-Pacifique Mayala.
Join on Zoom: bit.ly/4qEYh3O
Featuring the author Michel Thill, with Judith Verweijen, Patrick Gathara & Henry-Pacifique Mayala.
Join on Zoom: bit.ly/4qEYh3O
Join the EWNET Seminar III on 30 Oct, 2:30–5:00 PM at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University for a discussion on gendered wage labour in Ethiopia’s floriculture, textile and service sectors.
RSVP here - bit.ly/47Lg5Td
RSVP here - bit.ly/47Lg5Td
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Join the EWNET Seminar III on 30 Oct, 2:30–5:00 PM at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University for a discussion on gendered wage labour in Ethiopia’s floriculture, textile and service sectors.
RSVP here - bit.ly/47Lg5Td
RSVP here - bit.ly/47Lg5Td
BOOK LAUNCH | THE POLICE THE STATE AND THE CONGO COP
Join us on 30 Oct 2–4 PM EAT for a Zoom discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday police work in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
Join us on 30 Oct 2–4 PM EAT for a Zoom discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday police work in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
October 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
BOOK LAUNCH | THE POLICE THE STATE AND THE CONGO COP
Join us on 30 Oct 2–4 PM EAT for a Zoom discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday police work in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
Join us on 30 Oct 2–4 PM EAT for a Zoom discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday police work in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
Shadow State and the politics of community land reform in Kenya’s northern wildlife frontier
Dr Achiba Gargule from Feinstein International Center
speaks at our 6th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 22 October.
Join in-person in Nairobi or online: jameelobservatory.org/padd6/
Dr Achiba Gargule from Feinstein International Center
speaks at our 6th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 22 October.
Join in-person in Nairobi or online: jameelobservatory.org/padd6/
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Shadow State and the politics of community land reform in Kenya’s northern wildlife frontier
Dr Achiba Gargule from Feinstein International Center
speaks at our 6th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 22 October.
Join in-person in Nairobi or online: jameelobservatory.org/padd6/
Dr Achiba Gargule from Feinstein International Center
speaks at our 6th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 22 October.
Join in-person in Nairobi or online: jameelobservatory.org/padd6/
BOOK LAUNCH | THE POLICE, THE STATE AND THE CONGO COP
Join us on 30 Oct for a discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday policework in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
2–4 PM EAT | Zoom Webinar
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
Join us on 30 Oct for a discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday policework in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
2–4 PM EAT | Zoom Webinar
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
BOOK LAUNCH | THE POLICE, THE STATE AND THE CONGO COP
Join us on 30 Oct for a discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday policework in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
2–4 PM EAT | Zoom Webinar
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
Join us on 30 Oct for a discussion on Michel Thill’s new book exploring everyday policework in the DRC and what it reveals about statehood and reform.
2–4 PM EAT | Zoom Webinar
Register: bit.ly/4q91hVX
EVENT REPORT | ENHANCING THE ROLE OF BORDERLAND COMMUNITIES IN ETHIOPIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
The report highlights how Ethiopia’s borderland communities shape relations with neighbours yet have long remained marginalized from foreign policy making.
Read more: bit.ly/479DFHQ
The report highlights how Ethiopia’s borderland communities shape relations with neighbours yet have long remained marginalized from foreign policy making.
Read more: bit.ly/479DFHQ
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
EVENT REPORT | ENHANCING THE ROLE OF BORDERLAND COMMUNITIES IN ETHIOPIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
The report highlights how Ethiopia’s borderland communities shape relations with neighbours yet have long remained marginalized from foreign policy making.
Read more: bit.ly/479DFHQ
The report highlights how Ethiopia’s borderland communities shape relations with neighbours yet have long remained marginalized from foreign policy making.
Read more: bit.ly/479DFHQ
NEW REPORT | WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN ETHIOPIA
This EWNET study by Firehiwot Sintayehu and Netsanet Gebremichael finds women face mobility, stereotype and network barriers at Addis Ababa University.
Read report: bit.ly/3Jahyck
This EWNET study by Firehiwot Sintayehu and Netsanet Gebremichael finds women face mobility, stereotype and network barriers at Addis Ababa University.
Read report: bit.ly/3Jahyck
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
NEW REPORT | WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN ETHIOPIA
This EWNET study by Firehiwot Sintayehu and Netsanet Gebremichael finds women face mobility, stereotype and network barriers at Addis Ababa University.
Read report: bit.ly/3Jahyck
This EWNET study by Firehiwot Sintayehu and Netsanet Gebremichael finds women face mobility, stereotype and network barriers at Addis Ababa University.
Read report: bit.ly/3Jahyck
The October edition of the RVI Newsletter is out now!
Catch up on the latest from across the region: bit.ly/4pZQ2Ps
Not subscribed yet? Stay updated by signing up here: bit.ly/45zBZGI
Catch up on the latest from across the region: bit.ly/4pZQ2Ps
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October 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The October edition of the RVI Newsletter is out now!
Catch up on the latest from across the region: bit.ly/4pZQ2Ps
Not subscribed yet? Stay updated by signing up here: bit.ly/45zBZGI
Catch up on the latest from across the region: bit.ly/4pZQ2Ps
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NEW REPORT | IDDIR IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH IN ETHIOPIA
The latest EWNET seminar explored how iddir can inform policy, civic engagement and theory-making grounded in local experience.
Read the report: bit.ly/42uGG4a
The latest EWNET seminar explored how iddir can inform policy, civic engagement and theory-making grounded in local experience.
Read the report: bit.ly/42uGG4a
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
NEW REPORT | IDDIR IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH IN ETHIOPIA
The latest EWNET seminar explored how iddir can inform policy, civic engagement and theory-making grounded in local experience.
Read the report: bit.ly/42uGG4a
The latest EWNET seminar explored how iddir can inform policy, civic engagement and theory-making grounded in local experience.
Read the report: bit.ly/42uGG4a
Learning for Impact | Local knowledge shapes better decisions. Since 2004 RVI courses have trained thousands with the context, analytical tools and networks to tackle complex challenges.
Learn about RVI’s Education Programme: riftvalley.net/courses/
Learn about RVI’s Education Programme: riftvalley.net/courses/
October 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Learning for Impact | Local knowledge shapes better decisions. Since 2004 RVI courses have trained thousands with the context, analytical tools and networks to tackle complex challenges.
Learn about RVI’s Education Programme: riftvalley.net/courses/
Learn about RVI’s Education Programme: riftvalley.net/courses/
Do water interventions lead to more resilience in drylands?
At our 5th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 9 October, Jackson Wachira and Nancy Balfour explain 'the mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the Horn of Africa drylands'
jameelobservatory.org/padd5
At our 5th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 9 October, Jackson Wachira and Nancy Balfour explain 'the mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the Horn of Africa drylands'
jameelobservatory.org/padd5
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Do water interventions lead to more resilience in drylands?
At our 5th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 9 October, Jackson Wachira and Nancy Balfour explain 'the mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the Horn of Africa drylands'
jameelobservatory.org/padd5
At our 5th 'pastoralism & drylands development' seminar on 9 October, Jackson Wachira and Nancy Balfour explain 'the mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the Horn of Africa drylands'
jameelobservatory.org/padd5