Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The Free Movement of Persons within the African Union and Refugee Protection (RefLaw Blog, May 2020) [text]

How Africa can Reduce COVID-19’s Impact on Displaced Persons (ISS Today, May 2020) [text]

How South Africa is Denying Refugees Their Rights: What Needs to Change (The Conversation, May 2020) [text]

Neglected Refugees Find Themselves Even More Neglected during COVID-19 (African Arguments, May 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Uganda.

*New Research on African INGOs’ Editorial Power (Humanitarian News Research Network, May 2020) [text]

Niger: The Other EU-financed Migrant Hub of Africa (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2020) [text]

*Soap Maker in Kenya Refugee Camp Lowers Prices to Fight COVID-19 (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

*Self-help Project in Niger Churns out Hygiene Products in Fight against Coronavirus (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

Urban Refugees Struggling to Survive as Economic Impact of COVID-19 Worsens in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa (UNHCR, May 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Khat Use and Intimate Partner Violence in a Refugee Population: A Qualitative Study in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia," BMC Public Health, 20:670 (May 2020) [open access]

"Refugee Protection in the Era of Complex Migratory Flows: A Reflection on Ubuntu and Social Work Practice," African Journal of Social Work, vol. 10, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Somali Refugees’ Wellbeing: The Role of Socio-culturally Mediated Agency," Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, vol. 6, no. 2 (2019; published May 2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Somalis in Uganda.

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (6 May 2020)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (6 May 2020)