Borderland Specialist at UNDP. Africa Editor at the Journal of Borderland Studies.
Joined January 2013
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I recently travelled from Kigali to Nairobi as part of research into the livelihoods of long-distance truck drivers on the Northern Corridor. Some of the details and recommendations are here. @biea_nairobi @TradeMarkEastA #northerncorridor #trade
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ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data) Violence Data is excellent - it can be badly abused. Full read here: linkedin.com/pulse/acled-vio…
Put your back to a border and walk away from it --- at what point do you exit the borderland? It's a very simple question and one that is very difficult to answer. aborne.net/afrigos-african-g…
Shortly after its launch I spent about 50 hours on Kenya's new SGR railway. My notes have been published here: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/e…
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Timely book on Africa's Railway Renaissance, with contributions from @AFRIGOS researchers @TZajontz and @HughLamarque. ➡️ routledge.com/Africas-Railwa…
For friends and colleagues in Kenya, Hannah Brown and I have just published another briefing on cross-border Ebola transmission from the SVD outbreak in Uganda.
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The second ABORNE panel on a rather topical subject @HughLamarque @AborneNetwork
More #ECAS Cologne panels by CAS members include panel Poli13 on border closures in Africa, convened by CAS Research Fellow Hugh Lamarque @HughLamarque
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NEW BRIEFING on #Ebola in #Uganda. ❗️
@HughLamarque considers cross-border relations with #Rwanda in the context of the 2022 Ebola outbreak.
How are #political & #economic dynamics likely to influence relations? What areas & actors are most at risk?⬇️
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ALT Caption: A young girl washes her hands in an Ebola prevention checkpoint supported by UK aid at a Ugandan border crossing point with the DRC, August 2019. Credit: DFID/Anna Dubuis (CC BY 2.0)
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We're pleased to welcome new regional editor for Africa, @HughLamarque 🌍📚 Affiliated w/ @EdinburghUni & University of London. His research focuses on border policing, border town dynamics, and the causes and consequences of border closures in Africa.
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WATCH: Hundreds of Congolese filmed crossing into Uganda via Bunagana border town in Kisoro District as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese government forces continued for the second day on Sunday.
#MonitorUpdates
📹Robert Muhereza
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Transport Corridors in Africa, edited by Hugh Lamarque and Paul Nugent, is now available as Open Access! buff.ly/3wkZ9jC
This important new book provides an in-depth examination of the inherent tensions and dynamics of transport corridors in Africa. @HughLamarque @AFRIGOS
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Exciting new book on Transport Corridors in Africa now out. Editing and chapters by CAS staff, alumni, and fellows including @GeorgeNugybaby @HughLamarque @JosefitoDabbol @cissogo @drelisagambino and @IsabS25. And it is free to download! Check out link below.
Transport Corridors in Africa, the fruit of 6 years of collaboration under the ERC-funded @AFRIGOS project, is now freely available under open access @Boydell_Africa👇
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Ini Dele-Adedeji and Ella Jeffreys on COVID-19 in Lagos: "While public calls to stay at home are blasted on social media from the villas and mansions of celebrities, the working class are stuck in overcrowded housing, exposed". africasacountry.com/2020/07/…
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Most interesting: I didn't realise how little official data there was on deaths. Ethiopia officially records less than 2% of deaths, Niger less than 4%. Ghana records 25%. Only 8 African nations record more than 75% of deaths. graphics.reuters.com/HEALTH-…
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📢We want to hear your voice!
If you work in #CrossBorder programmes share with us your experiences on how #COVID19 affects your implementation & actions in the field.
Send your contributions to our online discussion by 17 July.
👉 bit.ly/3ee4tZT
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The ERC-funded AFRIGOS project examines transport corridors, border towns and port cities in four regions of Africa. Find out more in this profile:
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DYK #borderlands in Africa host around 270 million inhabitants? That's more than in any single state on the continent. Yet these regions are often plagued by development issues. How will they cope w/ #COVID19 ⬇️ ow.ly/gHb350A7tN6
My recent SSHAP briefing on DRC-Rwanda border controls for Ebola: reliefweb.int/report/rwanda/…
A few months ago, I rode Kenya's new SGR between Nairobi and Mombasa ten times for research - here are some reflections on the railway and its politics from the perspective of passengers:
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