Peacebuilding in Kenya-Somalia borderlands

In the article “The changing nature of local peacebuilding in Kenya’s north-eastern borderlands” (2018), published in Accord Insight 4: 26–33, Aden Abdi and Jeremy Lind examine the northeastern Kenyan borderlands with Somalia, tracing the evolution of conflict and peacebuilding from the post-independence period to today. Through a historical analysis of relations between the margins and the centre, they explore how conflicts in this region have shifted from localised tensions and competition for political power and territorial control, influenced by transnational flows of people and goods. They look at how peacebuilding approaches in the region have adapted to overcome new challenges to governance and security with the changing political economy, and the establishment of new county governments.

Posted on 27 November 2018 in Pastoralism & Peacebuilding, Pastoralism, Policy & Power