Regional Focus: Africa

Event:

32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, Addis Ababa, 10-11 February 2019 [info]
- Theme is "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa." In advance of the summit, meetings will be held by the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (15-16 Jan. 2019) and the Executive Council (7-8 Feb. 2019). The opening of the PRC can be viewed via the a/m link.

Publications:

"Assessing the Relative Contribution of Economic, Political and Environmental Factors on Past Conflict and the Displacement of People in East Africa," Palgrave Communications, 4: art. no. 47 (April 2018) [open access]

"Community Resilience and Social Capital in the Reconstruction and Recovery Process for Post-election Violence Victims in Kenya," African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 18, no. 2 (2018) [full-text]

Displaced and Distressed: People’s Mental Health in East Africa (MSF, Jan. 2019) [text]

"Encampment and Cash-Based Transfer: Concord and Controversy in the World Food Programme’s Pilot Project in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 11 Jan. 2019 [open access]

Free and Safe Movement in East Africa: Research to Promote People’s Safe and Unencumbered Movement across International Borders (ACMS & Samuel Hall, Oct. 2018) [text]

"How Uganda and UNHCR Failed Refugees," ISS Today, 16 Jan. 2019 [text]

"The Impact of the United Nations Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework on Conflict Dynamics," Conflict Trends, no. 3 (Dec. 2018) [full-text]

Nobody Came to Ask Us: South Sudanese Refugee Perceptions of the Peace Process (Institute for Security Studies, Dec. 2018) [text]

Refugee Economies in Uganda: What Difference Does the Self-Reliance Model Make? (Refugee Studies Centre, Jan. 2019) [access]
- See also related Research in Brief paper, via a/m link.

"Resilience in Displacement and the Protection of Civilians in South Sudan," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Jan. 2019 [abstract]
- Watch a related presentation at a DIIS event.

"Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression among Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia: Identifying Direct, Mediating and Moderating Predictors from Path Analysis," BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 1 (Jan. 2019) [open access]

Uganda and the Refugee Problem: Challenges and Opportunities, Working Paper, no. 5 (Univ. of Antwerp, May 2018) [text]

"The Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Kampala: Perceived Satisfaction of Their Human Needs," Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, vol. 6, no. 1 (2017) [open access]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (Africa) (18 Jan. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Africa (4 Jan. 2019)

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