Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Eritrean refugees caught between a rock and a hard place in Ethiopian conflict (FluchtforschungsBlog, Nov. 2021) [text]

How religion helped African migrants during a risky Atlantic crossing (The Conversation, Nov. 2021) [text]

Rebuilding a future for the displaced people of Burkina Faso: a Resident Coordinator Blog (UN News, Nov. 2021) [text]

Social workers rally support for displaced people in northern Ethiopia (UNHCR, Nov. 2021) [text]

New open access book: 

Invisibility in African Displacements: From Marginalization to Strategies of Avoidance (Zed Books, Oct. 2020) [open access]

- "This book offers fine-grained analysis of the ways in which African migrants negotiate structural and strategic invisibilities, adding innovative approaches to our understanding of both migrant vulnerabilities and resilience."

Reports & journal articles:

Analyse des besoins essentiels et de la vulnérabilité des réfugiés au Tchad (UNHCR & WFP, Oct. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*Assessing the Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Forcibly Displaced Populations, Thematic Brief, no. 1: The Case of Kenya (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [text]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees and their protection in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Working Paper, no. 18 (Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Oct. 2021) [text]

Impacts of Displacement: Displaced by Violence, Jos, Nigeria (IDMC, Oct. 2021) [text]

Impacts of Displacement: Drought displacement in Gode Woreda, Ethiopia (IDMC, Oct. 2021) [text]

Impacts of Displacement: Flood displacement in Beledweyne, Somalia (IDMC, Oct. 2021) [text]

"Mobility dynamics in protracted displacement: Eritreans and Congolese on the move," Forced Migration Review, no. 68 (Nov. 2021) [open access]

"The Plight of Refugees in South Africa," Pretoria Student Law Review, vol. 15, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

Protecting Vulnerable Refugees: An empirical examination of the implementation practices of aid workers and state actors in Uganda, Research Report, no. 1 (VULNER Project, 2021) [text]

- See also related policy brief.

Sudan at a crossroads: The mixed migration consequences of Sudan’s military coup (Mixed Migration Centre, Nov. 2021) [text]

Understanding the Socioeconomic Differences of Urban and Camp-Based Refugees in Kenya (UNHCR & World Bank, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Understanding the Socio-Economic Conditions of Urban Refugees in Kenya, Volume C: Urban Refugees: Results from the 2020-2021 Urban Socioeconomic Survey (UNHCR & World Bank, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also the two earlier published studies, Volume A: Kalobeyei Settlement and Volume B: Kakuma Camp. 

Multimedia:

The politicisation of aid in Ethiopia (Rethinking Humanitarianism, Nov. 2021) [access]

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Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (2 Nov. 2021)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (2 Nov. 2021)