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Insight: Understanding Pendular Movements in the Mandera Triangle

Insight: Understanding Pendular Movements in the Mandera Triangle 1811 2560 Abdirahman Sheikh

In the borderlands of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, cyclical and often repeated pendular movements shape daily life across the borders. These movements are characterised by regular and recurrent cross-border trade,…

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Blog: Stakeholders  Review Workshop in Dollo Ado

Blog: Stakeholders  Review Workshop in Dollo Ado 2560 1182 Abdirahman Sheikh

Dollo Ado, Ethiopia – July 21, 2025 Hassan Harun, BORESHA-NABAD Programme Manager in Action The Building Opportunities for Resilience in the Horn of Africa (BORESHA-NABAD) team in Ethiopia, from consortium…

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From Displacement to Driving Recovery: Somow’s Story of Resilience

From Displacement to Driving Recovery: Somow’s Story of Resilience 2560 2257 Abdirahman Sheikh

Somow’s land before community-led reclamation efforts began in December 2024. Somow in his thriving maize farm, cultivated through reclaimed land and market-driven systems, 6 May 2025 Somow Abdi Mohamed, a…

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Strengthening Peace Educators’ Capacities in Mandera County

Strengthening Peace Educators’ Capacities in Mandera County 2560 1440 Abdirahman Sheikh

A group photo taken after the training session on June 1, 2025, at the Granada Hotel in Mandera. To enhance the capacity of educators in preventing, identifying, and responding to…

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Inside Community-Led Tree Planting Campaign Drive in Dollow and Beled-Hawa

Inside Community-Led Tree Planting Campaign Drive in Dollow and Beled-Hawa 0 0 Abdirahman Sheikh

Across the borderlands of Somalia’s Gedo region, forests are vanishing at a troubling pace. For decades, charcoal production has offered many families a way to earn a living. Yet this…

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The Rise of Tree-Based Economies in Somalia’s Borderlands

The Rise of Tree-Based Economies in Somalia’s Borderlands 2560 1707 Abdirahman Sheikh

Saadia at the Nursery Site in Una Village, Dollow District | Photo | Abdirahman Ibrahim | BORESHA By Abdirahman Ibrahim | Consortium Communications Coordinator | BORESHA-NABAD In Una Village, Dollow,…

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From Survival to Strategy: How Dollo-Ado Women Are Building Financial Resilience through VSLAs

From Survival to Strategy: How Dollo-Ado Women Are Building Financial Resilience through VSLAs 2560 1707 Abdirahman Sheikh

By Abdirahman Ibrahim|Consortium Communications Coordinator|BORESHA-NABAD A quiet transformation is underway at the heart of the Mandera Triangle, Dollo-Ado, a town shaped by migration, informal trade, and resilience. 25 women from…

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Building Resilient Borderlands through Gender-Responsive DRR and Peacebuilding Planning

Building Resilient Borderlands through Gender-Responsive DRR and Peacebuilding Planning 1200 800 Abdirahman Sheikh

Photo © Ahmed Shakur/RACIDA, 2024. All rights reserved Photo © Ahmed Shakur/RACIDA, 2024. All rights reserved The BORESHA-NABAD consortium, funded by the European Union, is intensifying efforts to build resilience…

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Strengthening the capacity of Livestock Common Interest Groups

Strengthening the capacity of Livestock Common Interest Groups 150 150 Khadija Shale

Peterson Mucheke/BORESHA Project Consecutive poor or failed harvests and loss of agricultural income for farmers and widespread death of livestock among pastoralists is contributing to worsening food security and nutrition…

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BORDERLAND COMMUNITIES IMPROVE THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND REDUCE CONFLICTS THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCE SHARING AGREEMENTS

BORDERLAND COMMUNITIES IMPROVE THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND REDUCE CONFLICTS THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCE SHARING AGREEMENTS 150 150 Khadija Shale

Peterson Mucheke/BORESHA project The borderland areas covering Gedo region in Somalia, Mandera County in Kenya and Dollo Ado woreda in Ethiopia collectively form part of the Mandera Triangle. The Populations…

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