Somalia, Mapping the Fragments: Justice & Security in Kismayo and Galkayo

Zoom Webinar hosted by the LSE Conflict and Civicness Research Group

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When: 19 March 2025, 14:00 – 15:00 (BST)

Where: Zoom

The general failure of national peace processes has contributed to the emergence of new spaces and dynamics of both peace and conflict, particularly at sub-national levels. In this light, Christine Bell and Laura Wise ask us to reimagine peace processes by mapping and understanding the fragmented peace-conflict spaces that they have identified through PeaceRep’s PA-X Local Peace Agreement database.

This webinar, based on research by the PeaceRep Somalia team, seeks to illustrate how a granular understanding of Somalia’s fragmented governance landscape – Kismayo and Galkayo – can enhance policy and programmatic engagement, by shifting the focus from dominant elite-level narratives to local realities. This is particularly important in securitized, “bunkerized” environments such as Somalia.

This event is part of a three part webinar series drawing on research from Galkayo and Kismayo in Somalia and Tumaco and Chocó in Colombia’s Pacific region across the CCRG. It explores how peace and security processes unfold in fragmented, multilayered, and transcalar environments, where cycles of violence are shaped by limited or uneven state presence, chronic underdevelopment, and contested forms of authority. The series examines how these processes operate within broader political economies and connect across local, national, and international levels, highlighting the potential of transcalar peace and security processes to support more inclusive and sustainable outcomes. More information and information on future webinars can be found here. For more information and to register for upcoming webinars, please visit Conflict and Civicness Research Group Events.

Speakers & Chair

• Khalif Abdirahman, Senior Field Researcher at the LSE’s Conflict and Civicness Research Group
• Nisar Majid, Research Director of Peacerep Somalia at the LSE’s Conflict and Civicness Research Group
• Abdifatah Ismael Tahir, researcher at Hilin, a non-profit research organisation
• Marika Theros (Chair), Policy Fellow at the Conflict and Civicness Research Group at LSE IDEAS and the Director of the Civic Engagement Project

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Registration

This event if free and open to all. However, pre-registration is required. Register here.