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• [Page] Food Security and Conflict

  • Project workshop in Marsabit Kenya February 2023

• [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

• [Page] Violent Futures?

  • University of BonnUniversity of CologneDr Kennedy Mkutu International Relations and Peace Studies United States International University Nairobi KenyaLucy W Massoi PhD Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Tanzania

• [Page] Violent Futures?

  • University of BonnUniversity of CologneDr Kennedy Mkutu International Relations and Peace Studies United States International University Nairobi KenyaLucy W Massoi PhD Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Tanzania

• [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...

• [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...

• [Publication] Boundary-Making in a Contested Space. Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in Marsabit, Kenya

  • Boundary-Making in a Contested Space. Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in Marsabit, Kenya
  • This study reports on the results of a pilot study on food security and conflict dynamics in northern Kenya conducted by BICC in collaboration with Caritas Germany and its Kenyan partners Caritas Marsabit and PACIDA in 2022. The objectives were to identify the interrelationships between food crises and violent conflict in Marsabit and to identify opportunities for conflict transformation, including through humanitarian actors.

• [Press] Training Programme for PSSM \ Handover to the Regional Centre on Small Arms in Nairobi, Kenya

  • Nairobi. On 22 March 2019, the German peace and conflict research institute BICC together with the Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA), the German Federal Foreign Office, the Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG) and the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) organized a handover ceremony of the Regional PSSM (Physical Security and Stockpile Management) Train the Trainer Course to RECSA.
  • Thursday, 2 May 2019: Germany had been the lead nation in the highly-effective MSAG engagement from 2012 to 2019 which successfully trained over 300 participants from 18 countries as well as qualified 22 instructors. Six of these instructors also reached the highest training level of Senior Instructors, enabling them to develop and implement training courses by themselves. With this training the German military support within the Regional PSSM Training Seminar process for East Africa came to an end. Together with col...

• [Publication] Anticipation, participation and contestation along the LAPSSET Infrastructure Corridor in Kenya

  • Anticipation, participation and contestation along the LAPSSET Infrastructure Corridor in Kenya
  • Pastoral counties in northern Kenya are expected to undergo massive social–ecological change ­in the coming years as a result of the government’s ‘Vision 2030’ with its large-scale investments ­and infrastructure projects. The Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor ­project is an ambitious infrastructure development project that links with other continental ­transport corridors traversing the country. The 500m-wide corridor is to consist of a railway, a ­highway...