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24 March 2025

Local Self-Governance on the Somalia–Kenya Border

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Thirty years of civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurgency in Somalia and neighbouring northeastern Kenya have hollowed out state services and left borderland communities beleaguered. Yet in this apparently ‘ungoverned’ space, local self-governance persists. Citizen-led reflection shows how communities are repairing the social and physical damage wrought by violence, organising basic services, and providing public goods.

Patta Scott-Villiers
Patta Scott-Villiers
Kenya Somalia Sub Saharan Africa
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Christopher Sandom

Christopher Sandom

Associate Professor in Biology (Ecology and Evolution) at University of Sussex

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