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The Case of LAPSSET - Part 1 Apr 10, 2019

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On 14 February 2019, the Rift Valley Forum hosted a panel discussion to disseminate a new report —Participation, Voice and Governance in Investment Corridors in Africa: the case of the Lamu Port and South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project, LAPSSET—produced by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies of the University of Western Cape, in partnership with the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Programme. The report examines the extent to which smallholder farmers, fishers, women and youth have been included in the implementation of LAPSSET, and its potential impact on these communities.

Carrada Ayaan Dhunkannay (We Kissed the Ground) Feb 21, 2018

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Sheekada la yidhaa “Carrada Ayaan Dhunkannay” waa sheeko toos ah oo ku saabsan isku day wiil dhallinyar ah oo ka tahriibay Somaliland si uu u gaadho Yurub iyo dhibaatooyinka socdaalka uu ku maray Itoobiya, Suudaan iyo Libya oo ah socdaal ay isku dayeen da’yar badan oo Soomaali ahi. In 2015, an estimated 154,000 migrants entered Europe via the Mediterranean from Libya—an increase of more than 1,000 per cent from 2012, while Somalis, most of them young men, were among the top five nationalities crossing the Mediterranean during the first six months of 2015. Although much has been written about the rise in migration to Europe and migrant deaths at sea, little is written about the journey migrants take prior to attempting the crossing. We Kissed the Ground is a first-hand account of a young man’s attempt to migrate to Europe from Somaliland and the hardships of the journey through Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya, a journey attempted by many young Somalis and commonly referred to as tahriib.

The functions of the leopard-skin chief (Tarikh Tana/Our History) Jan 05, 2018

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On Wednesday 29 November 2017, Eye Radio (www.eyeradio.org) and the Rift Valley Institute (www.riftvalley.net) aired the fifth and, for now, final radio show in the South Sudan National Archives radio series, in coordination with the South Sudan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO, with Norway’s financial support. The show was hosted by Clement Wani Cirisio and looked at a document preserved through the work of the National Archives, ‘The functions of the leopard-skin chief’, an extract from the draft manual of Nuer customary law commissioned in 1944 by the colonial authorities.

Appeal by the peace delegation to the Anya Nya (Tarikh Tana/Our History) Jan 05, 2018

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On Wednesday 22 November 2017, Eye Radio (www.eyeradio.org) and the Rift Valley Institute (www.riftvalley.net) aired the fourth radio show about the South Sudan National Archives, in coordination with the South Sudan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO, with Norway’s financial support. The show was hosted by Clement Wani Cirisio and looked at an appeal by the peace delegation to the Anya Nya from 1967, a document preserved through the work of the National Archives. The document is an example of the efforts made by the Sudanese government to persuade the Anya Nya forces to surrender and participate in elections scheduled for March of that year.

The Gospel of St Mark in Bari (Tarikh Tana/Our History) Jan 05, 2018

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Eye Radio (www.eyeradio.org) and the Rift Valley Institute (www.riftvalley.net) aired the second radio show about the South Sudan National Archives on Wednesday 8 November 2017, in coordination with the South Sudan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO, with Norway’s financial support. This edition looked at an extract of the Gospel of St Mark from a 1952 Bible, translated into Bari and preserved through the work of the National Archives. The extract describes a conversation between Jesus and his disciples on the Mount of Olives in which Jesus is preparing them for the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.

Instructional pamphlet on malaria in Bor Dinka (Tarikh Tana/Our History) Jan 05, 2018

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On Wednesday 15 November 2017, Eye Radio (www.eyeradio.org) and the Rift Valley Institute (www.riftvalley.net) aired the third radio show about the South Sudan National Archives, in coordination with the South Sudan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO, with Norway’s financial support. The show was hosted by Rosemary Ochinyi and looked at a document preserved through the work of the National Archives, the illustrated cover of a 1948 instructional health manual titled Pial de Guop, or ‘Good Health’ in Dinka. It was distributed among the Bor Dinka community in what was then known as Upper Nile province.

The Sentencing of the Torit Mutineers (Tarikh Tana/Our History) Jan 05, 2018

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Eye Radio (www.eyeradio.org) and the Rift Valley Institute (www.riftvalley.net) aired the first of a five-part radio series about the South Sudan National Archives (SSNA) on Wednesday 1 November 2017, in coordination with the South Sudan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO, with Norway’s financial support. The show’s host, Rosemary Ochinyi, and three South Sudanese panellists discussed a particularly important historical document, The Sentencing of the Torit Mutineers, which has been preserved and catalogued through the work of the Archives.

Somaliland Elections - Q&A Dec 11, 2017

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Somaliland Elections - Q&A by Rift Valley Institute

Somaliland Elections Panel - Part 2 Dec 11, 2017

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Somaliland Elections Panel - Part 2 by Rift Valley Institute

Somaliland Elections Panel - Part 1 Dec 11, 2017

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Somaliland Elections Panel - Part 1 by Rift Valley Institute