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Agosto 03, 2016

Powering Progress

In the 21st century access to energy has become a basic human need and foundational to the Somali Region’s economic development, health, and security. “Powering Progress: Renewable Energy in the Somali Region,” takes a closer look at the Somali Region’s energy sector. From the limitations of its cur...

Agosto 03, 2016

Powering Progress: Renewable Energy in the Somali Region

In the 21st century access to energy has become a basic human need and foundational to the Somali Region’s economic development, health, and security.

Agosto 03, 2016

Connecting with the US Department of State’s Safe Ocean Network

The State Department hosted a meeting on June 29-30, 2016 to further international engagement on its Safe Ocean Network (formerly known as the Sea Scout initiative) and to discuss pilot projects. Select pilot projects were announced at the 3rd Our Ocean conference hosted by Secretary of State John K...

Agosto 03, 2016

Transboundary collaboration: Reducing conflicts around fisheries

Fish is an important food for over 400 million Africans. Yet this essential resource is threatened by overfishing due to the lack of strong policies and regulations. Managing fisheries and preventing overfishing has proven difficult when there is open access to water resources, which inherently prom...

Agosto 03, 2016

OEF's Secure Fisheries Cooordinates for Safe Ocean Network

OEF’s Secure Fisheries program is working on plan development with the US Department of State for their Safe Ocean Network.

Agosto 03, 2016

New Blog Post: Transboundary Resources Require Regional Collaboration

The Secure Fisheries program’s latest blog post emphasizes that regional collaboration is crucial to reduce conflicts around shared resources and manage them sustainably.

Agosto 01, 2016

What is a Coup d’État?

For every successful or attempted coup d’état there are dozens if not hundreds of events that are described as such.

Julio 29, 2016

OEF Co-Hosts Peace and Security Funding Discussion in Denver

OEF co-hosted a discussion on who peace and security funders are, what issues they fund, where they focus, and how they make an impact

Julio 26, 2016

Colombia's Opportunity for Sustainable Peace

56 years of conflict between the Colombian government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) came to an end in June with a bilateral cease-fire.

Julio 21, 2016

Efforts To Stop Illicit Money Flows Could Backfire on African Livelihoods

Banning high-denomination currency could have unintended consequences for many in Africa.

Julio 16, 2016

OEF Fellow Takes the Long View on NPR

Taking the Long View, is the World Getting More or Less Violent?

Julio 10, 2016

Trying to See the Forest for the Trees Amid Violence in Congo

Though the label reflects how sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war, the label masks women’s powerful activism for peace and political participation in their country, depicting them solely as victims rather than agents of change. It also obscures their varying priorities for security, and...

Julio 08, 2016

OEF Fellow Takes the Long View on NPR

OEF Fellow interview recognizes the recent increases in conflicts and terrorism, yet gives reason for “cautious optimism.”

Julio 05, 2016

Fishy Agreements

Across one continent, two similar countries—Mauritania and Somalia—have diverged in their fisheries development. The Somali region may be positioned to follow in the footsteps of Mauritania, a country that has received a great deal of revenue through fisheries agreements. But will that help or hurt ...

Curtis Bell

Patrick W. Keys

Julio 01, 2016

Conditional Relationships Between Drought and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Few cross-national studies provide evidence of a relationship between environmental scarcity and conflict, although much of the literature claims that destabilizing effects of environmental crises can be mitigated by the right sociopolitical conditions. The authors analyzed drought severity and civi...

Conor Seyle

Chirag Bahri

Kellie Brandt

Alexander Dimitrievich

Karina Fernandez

Tom Holmer

Niyati Malhotra

Junio 24, 2016

After the Release: The Long-Term Behavioral Impact of Piracy on Seafarers and Families

More than 3,000 seafarers have been held hostage by Somali pirates since 2001, with a significant, but unknown, number of seafarers kidnapped in other parts of the world.

Jay Benson

Lee C. Sorensen

Alexandria E. Wise

Lindsay Heger

Junio 16, 2016

Somali Diaspora Investment Survey Report

Recommendations of this report are intended for the Somali business community (chambers of commerce, business associations, and the private sector), Somali financial institutions, diaspora members, the global community (including governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs), and international ...