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[Project] FooCo - Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in northern Kenya

• More than two years of drought in the Horn of Africa has resulted in the deaths of over 2.5 million livestock and an acute food crisis that has affected 4.4 million people in Kenya. In rural areas, uncertainty and insecurity are particularly high. This is why Caritas Germany asked bicc to conduct a pilot study on food insecurity and violent conflict in Marsabit County, Kenya. The objective of our study was twofold: To understand the diverse needs of local communities an...
• FooCo - Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in northern Kenya

[Project] FooCo - Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in northern Kenya

• The project FooCo—Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in northern Kenya—was a collaborative research project of BICC and Caritas Germany, which is financed by Caritas Germany. A pilot study on the interrelations between acute food crises and violent conflicts is conducted with the view to developing a larger transdisciplinary research project on the same topic with diverse humanitarian actors. The pilot study used Marsabit county, which is strongly affected by food crises and violen...
• FooCo - Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in northern Kenya

[PDF Document] Rails through rangelands redefining infrastructure frontiers and patronage in Kenya s Maasai land (1).pdf   ()

[Project] "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation" Collaborative Research Center 228

• Large-scale infrastructure projects such as the LAPSSET corridor in northern Kenya cut through the pastures of pastoral communities in Kenya and Tanzania. The Standard Gauge Railway, for example, traverses the pastoral lands in Narok in southern Kenya and Morogoro in central Tanzania. This raises the question of the impact of these projects on local conflict dynamics. In this research project, we employ the concept of frontiers as an analytical tool for com...

[Page] Food Security and Conflict

• Project workshop in Marsabit Kenya February 2023

[Page] Food Security and Conflict

• Project workshop in Marsabit Kenya February 2023

[Project] "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation" Collaborative Research Center 228

• This research project, which is a Sub-Project of the CRC „Rural Future Africa”, examines the violent side of future-making in East and Southern Africa. It asks whether and how the social–ecological transformations which the overall CRC investigates, namely intensification of land use and conservation, change existing forms of organized violence or create new patterns of violence. Both transformations will be studied under the conceptual lens of frontiers. In the first phase of the CRC, this sub-...

[Project] "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation" Collaborative Research Center 228

• This research project, which is a Sub-Project of the CRC „Rural Future Africa”, examines the violent side of future-making in East and Southern Africa. It asks whether and how the social–ecological transformations which the overall CRC investigates, namely intensification of land use and conservation, change existing forms of organized violence or create new patterns of violence. Both transformations will be studied under the conceptual lens of frontiers. In the first phase of the CRC, this sub-...

[Press] New publication \ Peace came from the herders: Supporting peace amidst drought, food insecurity and conflict. Lessons from Marsabit country, Kenya

• Violent conflicts play a crucial role in current food crises. In northern Kenya, the number of food insecure people is now at its highest level over a decade. At the same time, the politicization of livestock raiding as well as land contestations are of increasing concern. This Study Report analyses how the three factors of drought, hunger and violent conflict interrelate in Marsabit and recommends steps to build peace and overcome food insecurity.
• Friday, 29 September 2023: Marsabit, the second largest county in Kenya, stands as a testament to the resilience of its rural communities in the face of environmental risks and ethno-political violence. The county has experienced five consecutive seasons of drought, resulting in severe livestock losses and increased violent conflicts despite intercommunal reconciliation and peace-building efforts. BICC researcher Marie Müller-Koné points out the causes involved: “Violent conflicts in Marsabit are no...

[Event] Regional Training on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) in Nairobi, Kenya

• Friday, 22 March 2019: In partnership with the Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA), the Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG) and the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC), and with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office BICC conducted a regional training on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) of weapons, ammunition and explosives from 13-22 March 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. This training was attended by 24 participants tasked with weapons and amm...