Regional Focus: Africa

Cameroon’s Forced Returns of Nigerian Refugees Leads to More Tragedies (African Arguments, Oct. 2018) [text]

Contested Refuge: The Political Economy and Conflict Dynamics in Uganda's Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement (European Union et al., June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

Forced Displacement in Africa Inquiry (UK Parliament, Oct. 2018) [access]
- Follow link to watch and/or read oral evidence presented and to read written evidence submitted.

Funding to Local Humanitarian Actors: Evidence from Somalia and South Sudan, HPG Policy Brief, no. 73 (ODI, Oct. 2018) [text]
*- See also individual case studies for Somalia and South Sudan.

"'I was euphoric': Eritrea's Joy Becomes Ethiopia's Burden Amid Huge Exodus," The Guardian, 12 Oct. 2018 [text]

Mass Congolese Returns from Angola Could Lead to a Humanitarian Crisis (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]
- See also related Reuters article.

Refugees in Northern Uganda Now Have ‘Democracy’, but No Authority (Africa at LSE Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

South Sudan Signs the 1951 Refugee Convention (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]

"'They Say Our Work is Not Halal': Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Community Workers Involved in Gender-based Violence Prevention and Care in Dadaab, Kenya," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 12 Oct. 2018 [open access]

To Be or Not to Be: Questioning the Value of Refugee Status, Oxford, 10 Oct. 2018 [info]
- Follow link for podcast; research focuses on Eritreans in Uganda.

Update of UNHCR’s Operations in Africa, 69th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, 14 Sept. 2018 [text]

Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees, from Tanzania to Burundi (UNHCR, Sept. 2018) [infographic]
- See also related sitrep.

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Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (25 Sept. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (25 Sept. 2018)

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