The Research and Evidence Facility, a consortium of SOAS University of London, University of Manchester and Sahan Africa, announces the publication of its book “Migration and Displacement Dynamics in the Horn of Africa: A Mobility Mosaic”.

Laura Hammond, Oliver Bakewell, Padmini Iyer, Louisa Brain, Fekadu Adugna, Dereje Feyissa, Kalyango Ronald Sebba, and Caitlin Sturridge Drawing on research conducted in seven countries over a period of eight years (2016-2023), the book’s main thesis is that mobility, in all its forms, features centrally in the life of people in the Horn of Africa

Woman and her donkey walk to collect water in rural Somaliland

Bridging the gap: environmental change, mobility and policy in Ethiopia’s Somali Region and Somaliland

Abdirahman Ahmed, Mohamed Fadal, Maissoun Hussein, Padmini Iyer, Louisa Brain Environment and mobility are closely linked in a myriad of complex and contextualised ways. Environmental change, in conjunction with a range of overlapping economic, political, social and demographic factors, influences migration patterns and preferences in the Horn of Africa (HoA). These phenomena – and the

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How does technical and vocational education and training (TVET) influence dynamics of mobility and conflict? Lessons from the Horn of Africa

Abebaw Minaye Gezie, Padmini Iyer In the Horn of Africa (HoA), investments in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and other employability programmes are typically predicated on the assumption that these activities will: a) provide alternatives to migration and reduce young people’s incentives to follow irregular migratory routes; and b) reduce young people’s incentives