Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

"Although it’s dangerous, we need to survive": Burundian Refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda are Enacting Grassroots Responses to COVID-19 (Africa is a Country Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

COVID-19 and Urban Refugees in Africa (Psychology Today Blog, Aug. 2020) [text]

"Nigerians Returned from Europe Face Stigma and Growing Hardship," The New Humanitarian, 28 July 2020 [text]

Journal articles:

"'Children are our pension': Livelihood Diversification, Social Security, and Kinship Constraints among East African Refugees," Anuac, vol. 9, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

"Constructing Space for Refugee Voices in National Peacebuilding Processes," Peacebuilding, vol. 8, no. 2 (2020) [ResearchGate]
- Focuses on Liberia and Ghana.

"Predictors of Social Support, Physical Health and Mental Health among Food Insecure Internally Displaced Persons in Turkana, Kenya," Conflict and Health, 14:58 (Aug. 2020) [open access]

"Protection of Civilians Mandates and ‘Collateral Damage’ of UN Peacekeeping Missions: Histories of Refugees from Darfur," International Peacekeeping, Latest Articles, 6 Aug. 2020 [open access]

Reports:

Cash Transfer Models and Debt in the Kalobeyei Settlement (Refugee Studies Centre, Aug. 2020) [text]

Exploring the Impact of COVID19 on the Vulnerabilities of Migrants on the Central Mediterranean Route (UK DFID, July 2020) [access via ALNAP]
- Focuses on migrants in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger heading to North Africa. Follow link for main report, methodology and annex. See also related summary.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Ethiopian Refugees and Migrants in Somaliland, MMC East Africa and Yemen 4Mi Snapshot (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2020) [text]

‘On this journey, no one cares if you live or die’: Abuse, Protection, and Justice Along Routes Between East and West Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean Coast (UNHCR & Mixed Migration Centre, July 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

Personal Narratives Reduce Negative Attitudes toward Refugees and Immigrant Outgroups: Evidence from Kenya, CSDI Working Paper, no. 1 (Vanderbilt Univ., July 2020) [text]

Protracted Displacement in the Horn of Africa: Internal Report (TRAFIG Project, Feb. 2020) [text]

Refugee and Host Communities in Ethiopia: 2018–2019 Integrated National Study (ODI, Aug. 2020) [text]

Refugees and Migrants in Bloemfontein, South Africa during the Coronovirus Pandemic (Refugees in Towns, March 2020) [text]

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (28 July 2020)
- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (28 July 2020)