Regional Focus: Africa

Event & opportunity:

AUC International Conference for Research on African Challenges, Cairo, 4-5 December 2019 [info]
- The focus of the conference is on the first Sustainable Development Goals of "No Poverty." Tracks 2&3 include presentations on refugee and forced migration-related issues.

Consultancy: Evaluation of UNHCR's L3 Response to Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe and Malawi [info]
- Apply by 8 December 2019.

Blog posts & press:

Farming Together, Refugees and Their Hosts Reap Benefits (UNHCR, Nov. 2019) [text]
- "An agriculture initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is helping South Sudanese refugees and locals alike become self-reliant."

Refugees: Rwanda Helps Hundreds, But Thousands More Languish in Libya (African Arguments, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related UNHCR news story.

Spirited Away: The Fading Importance of Resettlement in the Emergency Transit Mechanism in Rwanda (ECDPM Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Somalia’s Ratification of the Kampala Convention (UNHCR, Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Could the Supertowel be Used as an Alternative Hand Cleaning Product for Emergencies? An Acceptability and Feasibility Study in a Refugee Camp in Ethiopia," PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216237 (May 2019) [open access]

Humanitarian Versus Development Aid for Refugees: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design, CSAE WorkingPaper, no. WPS/2019­-15 (Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oct. 2019) [text]
- Focuses on Kenya.

Is the Global Compact on Refugees Fit for Africa’s Purposes?, SAIIA Occasional Paper, no. 302 (South African Institute of International Affairs, Oct. 2019) [text]

The Political Economy of Migration Governance in the Gambia (Mercator
Dialogue on Asylum and Migration, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related post on The Conversation.

Refugee Status Determination: A Study of the Process in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Note: This report was written in May 2018, but published in Nov. 2019.

Trends in International Protection of Somali Refugees in Dadaab Refugee Complex, Kenya (1991-2016), Thesis (Kenyatta Univ., May 2019) [text]
- See also related MSF project update.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (15 Nov. 2019)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (15 Nov. 2019)

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