Well made points on national ID.

Sudan Is What Happens When You Recognize a Junta By Suliman Baldo and Mai Hassan www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

Elizabeth Nyibol on how XCEPT built her research skills, strengthened local engagement and brought South Sudanese voices into global debate — proving locally-led research delivers trust, evidence and impact. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_W1... Explore: xcept.riftvalley.net

In Episode 6 of the EWNET Podcast, Dr Muna Abubeker, Ethiopia’s first woman philologist, shares her journey in language and cultural studies, reflecting on her research, career milestones and balancing academia with motherhood. Watch: bit.ly/42fMkqu

Sophie Stevens of FCDO on how XCEPT has influenced UK policy, supported crisis response and strengthened partnerships with local researchers to understand and navigate complex conflicts. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcG... Explore: xcept.riftvalley.net

South Sudanese-led research helped Alexander Davey navigate complex issues, target resources and take meaningful action. Research that tells real stories sparks change. Watch: youtu.be/2ZaqOglVs-c?...

Also please do keep an eye on (or subscribe to!) @rvinews.bsky.social's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@riftvalleyi... A lot of great content there, including interviews, highlights and full recordings from recent Nairobi Forum events.

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Also please do keep an eye on (or subscribe to!) @rvinews.bsky.social's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@riftvalleyi... A lot of great content there, including interviews, highlights and full recordings from recent Nairobi Forum events.

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If you are going to Rose Hill funday on Saturday, look out for Cyclox's Dr Bike sessions from 11am to 3pm. Our mechanics will look at any bike probleme and carry out simple repairs free of charge.

The International African Institute is republishing classic, out-of-print books on African studies (including Audrey Richards 'Land, Labour and Diet in Northern Rhodesia'), though sadly it seems there is no distributor in Africa: www.internationalafricaninstitute.org/publishing/c...

Congratulations to our colleague Andreas Admasie for publishing his book The Ethiopian Labour Movement Trade Unions, Collective Action, and Contestation, 1960–2020! 📕🎉 You can order his book via this link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 📆 Andreas will present his book on 9 November at the IISG

Calling all scholars in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and other eligible countries! 🎓 The UTA-Do African Cities Summer School 2026 has 10 full scholarships available through the Wagon2Africa project. Apply! Deadline: Sept 30, 2025. @andretwp.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/uta-do/...

Reopening the call for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship on jihad in Subsaharan Africa, with a later start date (January 2026) - French a plus but not a requirement... drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

50. Read PhD and MA theses when you are doing research. There is so much great scholarship by people who never got the opportunity to publish their research as a book.

💥So, Who is a #Terrorist in #Kenya? 🎯Mutunga interrogates the tagging of #protesters in Kenya’s mass action as #terrorists and unveils acts of terrorism and the perpetrators that should be so characterized. 👉More at tinyurl.com/PZ-Kenya-Ter... @malangwa.bsky.social @hannobrankamp.bsky.social

Why, yes, Human - your new reading chair *is* more comfortable than my bed, thank you...

VACANCY | Conflict Advisor – RVI Ethiopia Join RVI in Addis Ababa to lead conflict-sensitive programming and support peacebuilding efforts. Apply by 5 August 2025. Open to nationals and those with the right to work in Ethiopia. More info: bit.ly/4oaKBw5

The Ethiopian Women Researchers Network (EWNET), an RVI-Ethiopia initiative, held its first core members onboarding on 19 July. The network supports Ethiopian women in social sciences and humanities. Congrats and welcome to all—we look forward to the journey ahead.

Sitawa Namwalie reflects on how Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o helped her reclaim language and identity through poetry and theatre. RVI supports African researchers, educators & cultural producers in efforts to make local knowledge work. Watch youtu.be/4v1XRK6flWo

A powerful tribute to Prof Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o—writer, academic and radical thinker. Hear voices reflect on his legacy and impact on African literature, identity and resistance. Listen to the full conversation on SoundCloud: bit.ly/4lO8ecf

Following RVI’s tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Mohamed Amin Abdishukri reflects on Kenya’s long history of resistance and what today’s movements can learn. RVI supports African researchers, educators & cultural producers in efforts to make local knowledge work. Watch: bit.ly/44ZTLCM

Prof Kimani Njogu reflects on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s legacy and the power of African languages in shaping a liberated, multilingual future. Watch: youtu.be/x0_KTAzHZuo?...

The Masters Programme in African Studies @unibayreuth.bsky.social is still accepting applications from EU students until 30.09. As a major centre for African Studies in Germany, this is a great opportunity. For further details contact @terrefebiruk.bsky.social or see webpage.

If you haven't already, do have a look at @petechonka.bsky.social's recent RVI report, 'Digital Governance and Security in the Horn of Africa', which looks at digital finance & social media in #Somalia, #Ethiopia & #Kenya. In-depth research and highly topical.

The cover is here and the book will be soon! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

🛣 Say YES to decongestion! The Council wants to reduce traffic by up to 50% on key routes like Marston Ferry Road — but they need to hear from people who want change. ✅ Support better buses ✅ Support easier journeys for everyone ✅ Support cleaner air 🗳 Consultation open now:

For those who missed the event or would like to hear the full conversation the complete recording is now available. Watch for insights on how Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s legacy continues to shape contemporary debates on language, power and knowledge. Watch the full recording here: bit.ly/40pZWPe

At a time of national reflection, the RVI Forum with the BIEA , Twaweza Communications, IFRA & Cheche bookstore brought together thinkers, creatives & the public to explore Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s legacy & how we reclaim African knowledge for the future. Watch highlights: youtu.be/PrmA86-SlnU

🚨Clarion short read🚨 Filled out any consultations lately? In this morning's short read, we look at what is, (and isn't) consulted on, how consultations are advertised, and what difference your input makes... oxfordclarion.uk/why-wasnt-i-...

Friends, colleagues. I'm recruiting a student assistant to join our research project Governing Jihad in Africa. Someone preferably based in Bonn and surroundings. Please circulate in your networks or recommend your best students!

Just finished @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social's 'Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States', and can highly recommend it. The layered, thematic approach provides a range of vantage points for analysing how power is held and exercised - and puts this in historical/regional context. Very helpful.

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy - on.ft.com/3ImmlH5 via @FT

‘It made me reflect: what am I doing in my generation that is worthwhile?’ - Dr Duduzile Ndlovu on Ngũgĩ 's legacy and the unfinished work of decolonisation. At the Rift Valley Forum w/ BIEA, IFRA, Twaweza Communications & Cheche Books Sign up: bit.ly/RVInewsletter

...and it's out! "‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages", my very short essay for the Journal of Medieval History's 50th-anniversary special issue, is now published; limited free access at the link below! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...

If you, like Oxford Labour would like: * Cheaper and more accessible Public Transport * Action on private school traffic * More frequent P&R buses and shuttles Then support the Temporary Congestion Charge and in Q9 select the relevant options. 🗳️Consultation link: shorturl.at/FuVxo

'Ngũgĩ’s writings explained the country I saw—when no one else dared to.' Irungu Houghton on Ngũgĩ’s legacy & reclaiming African knowledge at the Rift Valley Forum with BIEA, IFRA, TwawezaCommunications & Cheche Books. Full highlight video coming soon. Sign up: bit.ly/RVInewsletter

‘I’d read it before – but today I internalised it.’ - Mickie Muchilwa on how last Satuday's RVI forum on Ngũgĩ’s legacy made her rethink who research is really for. By the Rift Valley Forum with BIEA, IFRA, Twaweza Communications and Cheche Books. Sign up: bit.ly/RVInewsletter

📢 Call for Papers WORKSHOP: Gender, Peace, and Security: Resistance and Resilience Nairobi, 1-3 December, hosted by British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) with @rvinews.bsky.social ➡️ Application deadline 13 August! @statsvitenskap.bsky.social #resilience #gender #climate #peacebuilding

Ahead of the forum on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s legacy, poet Sitawa Namwalie shares a powerful excerpt from the piece she’ll perform at the event reflecting on current events & the urgency of reclaiming African knowledge. Saturday 5 July | 2–4PM EAT Register: bit.ly/45QksvQ

There’s a lesson here with rather broad applications

Some thoughts on Labour's blame game over welfare and the myth of 'the PLP has revealed its soft, wet heart':

Join us for EWNET Seminar II on 3 July, 1–5PM at Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, AAU (5kilo area). We’ll explore Iddir as a foundation for theory and policy, with a special art intervention by Helen Zeru on care, ritual and lived experience.

Explore how Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s writing has shaped political thought in Kenya and beyond. Join us on 5 July, 2:00–4:00 p.m. EAT, for a Rift Valley Forum hybrid event featuring a rich panel discussion on his enduring legacy. Register now: bit.ly/45QksvQ

"That means it cost the average American household roughly $6 a year in taxes to prevent about half as many deaths as occurred in the Holocaust." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...

Online presentation of the recently published book „Internationalised Constitution Making and State Formation. Negotiating Peace and Statehood in South Sudan and Somaliland“ by Katrin Seidel, organised by #WAKHVA , Thursday, 3 July 2025,18:00 CET, for registration see hornvonafrikaev.de

Great profile of Mansour bin Zayed, the owner of Manchester City, who has been key to covert UAE military support for Haftar in Libya and Hemedti in Sudan - and whose Mubadala wealth fund recently announced "it would use a Trump family crypto venture to make a $2 billion transaction".