07 January 2022

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Job announcement: Advocate or Senior Advocate for East and Southern Africa, Refugees International [info]
- No application deadline indicated.

Call for applications: 2022 Julia Taft Refugee Fund [info]
- Open to registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with at least two years of experience working in Kenya. Apply by 28 January 2022.

Blog posts & press:

Land disputes in South Sudan continue to affect refugees and IDPs (Africa at LSE Blog, Dec. 2021) [text]

'New Refugee regime' or just a 'Brand new second hand' in Kenya'? [access]
- Twitter thread on Kenya Refugee Act with link to the text.

UNHCR recommends the cessation of refugee status for Ivorians (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

"Why the return of displaced people is such a thorny issue in South Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 5 Jan. 2022 [text]

Reports: 

African Migration Trends to Watch in 2022 (Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Durable solutions to migration challenges in East Africa and the Horn, East Africa Report, no. 43 (Institute for Security Studies, Nov. 2021) [text]

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Refugees and Their Protection in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe, ABI Working Paper, no. 18 (Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut, Oct. 2021) [text]
- Additional resources related to this study are provided here in the form of multi-lingual executive summaries and country-specific infographics.

"Everyone was overwhelmed by the fears and the panic of the unknown disease": Kenyan Refugee Protection and the COVID-19 Pandemic, IMIS Working Paper, no. 10 (Universität Osnabrück, 2021) [text]

Inclusion of Refugees in Government Social Protection Systems in Africa (UNHCR, Jan. 2021) [text]

Local Humanitarian Action in Burkina Faso: Translating rhetoric into action (Oxfam, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

UNHCR Country Strategy Evaluation: Zambia, ES/2021/11 (UNHCR, Dec. 2021) [text]

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