African Borderlands Research Network - Aborne

African Borderlands Research Network - Aborne ABORNE is an interdisciplinary network of researchers interested in all aspects of international borders and trans-boundary phenomena in Africa.

The African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE) is an interdisciplinary network of researchers founded in 2007 and interested in all aspects of international borders and trans-boundary phenomena in Africa The emphasis is largely on borderlands as physical spaces and social spheres, but the network is also concerned with regional flows of people and goods as well as economic and social processes

that may be located at some distance from the geographical border. ABORNE is primarily a forum for academic researchers aiming for a better understanding of African borderlands, but it also welcomes individual members and institutions whose work is of a more applied nature.

West African countries are fortifying their borders
29/04/2026

West African countries are fortifying their borders

West African states respond to insurgencies by building city walls and fortifying borders, balancing protection with rural vulnerabilities.

In this new blog, ABORNE Olivier Walther and Steven Radil argue that, far from being limited to serving as a refuge or t...
16/04/2026

In this new blog, ABORNE Olivier Walther and Steven Radil argue that, far from being limited to serving as a refuge or transit zone for armed groups, borderlands provide the resources necessary for the development of unique trajectories of violence that can spread across countries over long periods of time.

Africa’s margins have become its main theatre of violence. From the Great Lakes region to the Sahel, armed groups exploit borderlands as safe havens and logistics hubs.

Professor Inocent Moyo from the University of Zululand was awarded a Research Chair in Borders and the African Free Trad...
11/02/2026

Professor Inocent Moyo from the University of Zululand was awarded a Research Chair in Borders and the African Free Trade Area.

The new position is funded by the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) designed to strengthen research excellence, build postgraduate capacity, and position South African universities as leaders in strategic areas of knowledge production https://www.unizulu.ac.za/unizulu-strengthens-its-research-footprint-with-two-new-sarchi-research-chairs/

Congratulations, Dr. Moyo!

Members of ABORNE! Renew your annual membership today to remain on our mailing list and attend our annual meeting in Lag...
19/01/2026

Members of ABORNE! Renew your annual membership today to remain on our mailing list and attend our annual meeting in Lagos in August.

Online payments can now be made via PayPal through this link: https://www.aborne.net/take-action

Thanks again for your continued support!

ABORNISTAS! The call for papers for the 2026 ABORNE annual meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, has been extended to February 28, ...
19/01/2026

ABORNISTAS! The call for papers for the 2026 ABORNE annual meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, has been extended to February 28, 2026. We look forward to receiving your submission! More information at https://www.aborne.net/2026-conference-in-lagos

The deadline to submit an abstract to the 2026 ABORNE Annual Meeting in Lagos is 15 February 2026! The topic of the conf...
13/01/2026

The deadline to submit an abstract to the 2026 ABORNE Annual Meeting in Lagos is 15 February 2026! The topic of the conference is “The Connected Borderlands, Socio-Cultural Integration, and the Centrality of Policy, Research and Security”. More information is available on https://www.aborne.net/2026-conference-in-lagos

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