Rift Valley Institute Update December 2013

The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent, non-profit organisation working in Eastern and Central Africa. The aims of the Institute are to advance understanding of the region and its diverse communities, connect local knowledge to social and political action, defend freedom of information and promote social justice. RVI programmes include action-oriented research, field-based training, digital archives, distance learning and open-access publishing. Fellows of the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) are specialists in the Eastern and Central African region, drawn from Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. They include practitioners, activists and academic specialists in the fields of human rights, history, anthropology, political science, economics, aid and development, conservation, media, diplomacy and law. CONTACT Rift Valley Institute (UK) 26 St.Luke's Mews London W11 1DF T: +44 20 7229 2562 Rift Valley Institute (EA) PO Box 52771 GPO 00100 Nairobi, Kenya T: +254 705 978 413 T: +254 789 253 805 Rift Valley Institute (USA) Bard College PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504-5000 WEBSITE www.riftvalley.net EMAIL institute@riftvalley.net Follow us on...

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS EMAIL IN YOUR BROWSER | FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND Rift Valley Institute Update December 2013 ALL REGIONS New RVI posts in London and Nairobi: Application deadline 29 November 2013 TUESDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2013 | EMPLOYMENT | APPLY ONLINE | APPLICATION DEADLINE 17:00 GMT ON 29 NOVEMBER 2013 The deadline for applications for the Rift Valley Institute's five new full-time staff positions, to be based in the Institute's offices in central London and Nairobi, is on 29 November 2013 at 17:00 GMT... MORE >  COURSES & CONFERENCES | ALL REGIONS Field Courses 2014 TUESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2013 | ONLINE APPLICATION FORM | MORE INFORMATION The RVI's 2014 annual field courses, now in their eleventh year, will be held from May to July in Eastern and Central Africa. The Horn of Africa Course will be held in Kenya, from 31 May to 7 June 2014, and will cover Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia... MORE >  USALAMA  | GREAT LAKES Usalama Workshop in the DRC 2013 | KINSHASA In collaboration with the Réseau pour la réforme du secteur de sécurité et de justice (RRSSJ) and the Centre pour la gouvernance (CEGO), RVI held a national workshop in Kinshasa from 4 to 6 November 2013, to conclude the first phase of the Usalama Project... MORE >  NAIROBI FORUM  | HORN OF AFRICA | NEW ECONOMIES LAPSSET: A Transformative Project or a Pipe Dream? FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2013 | NAIROBI | RVI - NAIROBI FORUM - MEETING REPORT - LAPSSET.PDF On 4 October, the RVI Nairobi Forum held a public meeting to discuss the Lamu Port-South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET), a flagship project of Kenya's government-sponsored Vision 2030... MORE >  RIFT VALLEY REVIEW  | HORN OF AFRICA My feudal childhood: A personal history SEPTEMBER 2013 | ETHIOPIA | BY TAFARI WOSSEN I have lived through three eras in Ethiopian history: the final years of the feudal system, the revolutionary communist decades of the 1970s and 1980s, and finally the state-sponsored... MORE >  NAIROBI FORUM  | HORN OF AFRICA | POLITICS NOW Managing Development and Security FRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2013| NAIROBI | RVI - NAIROBI FORUM - MEETING REPORT - MANAGING DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY.PDF This joint meeting of the Rift Valley Institute and Road International was opened by Nuur Mohamud Sheekh, Coordinator of the RVI Nairobi Forum, who introduced Rage Mohamed of Road... MORE > SUDAN & SOUTH SUDAN Civil society, landownership, homicide and the rule of law in South Sudan MONDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2013 | WWW.SSLAWSOCIETY.ORG | DOWNLOAD SSLS IN BRIEF The South Sudan Law Society's newly-launched publication, In Brief, covers critical issues in legal and constitutional development in South Sudan. An article in the inaugural issue by.... MORE >