Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

“New centre will train SA judicial officials in refugee law,” IOL News, 17 Aug. 2021 [text]

Uganda has a remarkable history of hosting refugees, but its efforts are underfunded (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

The University of Juba and UNHCR formalise partnership to re-establish a Center of Excellence on Forced Displacement and Peacebuilding (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

"What people displaced by Boko Haram say about living with ex-fighters," The New Humanitarian, 1 Sept. 2021 [text]

Reports:

Addressing Atrocities and Displacement: A Path Forward for the Central African Republic (Refugees International, Sept. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

Le changement climatique, l’insécurité alimentaire et la migration au Tchad: un lien complexe (IOM, American Univ. & Food Security Cluster, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Civil Documentation for IDPs in Mozambique (Protection Cluster, Aug. 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Portuguese.

*Mali: Rapport Matrice de Suivi des Déplacements (Govt. of Mali, IOM & UNHCR, July 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Poverty Alleviation Coalition in the East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [text]

Where are they? Searching for missing persons and meeting their families’ needs (Institute for Security Studies & ICRC, Aug. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

Journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 7, no. 2 (May-Aug. 2021) [full-text]

- Includes five articles that variously discuss unaccompanied minors in South Africa, Europeans in Johannesburg, Nigerian youth and irregular migration, social protection for refugees during the pandemic in South Africa, and regular & irregular migrants' access to health services in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

"Making Justice the Subject of Resettlement Planning," Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, Early View, 15 Aug. 2021 [open access]

- "The case of the resettlement project of Limpopo National Park in Mozambique is used to illustrate the discussion."

"The Media and Displacements: News Frames of Victims of Herders/Farmers Conflict in Nigeria," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 30 Oct. 2020 [ResearchGate]

"Shared energy parks as a solution to energy challenges for Dadaab Refugee Camps in Kenya," Scientific African, vol. 13 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Things Fall Apart, Border Crossing and the Psychology of Exile," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [ResearchGate]

- Focuses on Nigeria.

Multimedia:

Background of Eritrea's refugee crisis and systemic issues of migration, 16 Aug. 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (12 Aug. 2021)