04 February 2022

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Flooding Displacement in Malawi: Policy, Practice, and Prevention (GENIDA Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Joint Statement on the outcome of the second High-Level Bilateral meeting between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Jan. 2022) [text]

Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya: Legal challenges and recommendations (GENIDA Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Understanding the implications of Institutionalizing the Kampala Convention in Ethiopia (GENIDA Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

When ID leaves you without identity: the case of double registration in Kenya (Privacy International, Dec. 2021) [access]

Reports & book chapters:

COVID-19 and social and economic rights of migrants in Mali: Analysis of 4Mi data collected in Mali between July 2020 and January 2021 (Mixed Migration Centre & OHCHR, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Decoding Africa’s Legal Protection Mechanisms for Refugees," Chapter in Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention: Exploring Global Perspectives (Observer Research Foundation & Global Policy Journal, 2022) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 62.

"Revisiting Freedom of Trade, Occupation, and Movement of Refugees in South Africa," Chapter in Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention: Exploring Global Perspectives (Observer Research Foundation & Global Policy Journal, 2022) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 67.

Journal articles:

"Depression and Occupational Reintegration among IDPs in Jos," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 11, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"The impact of COVID-19 on the living and survival conditions of internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso," World Development Perspectives, vol. 25 (March 2022) [free full-text]

"No sources of fuelwood, all vegetation cover is done! Women Livelihoods and Environmental Prominence in Oil Induced Displaced Society in Albertine Graben, Uganda," Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 11, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"The ramification of Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: conceptual analysis of a looming 'Complex Disaster Emergency'," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7:6 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

"The right to return to one's country in Africa: Article 12(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Suicide Attempts Among Adult Eritrean Refugees in Tigray, Ethiopia: Prevalence and Associated Factors," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, vol. 15 (2022) [open access]

Resource:

GENIDA e-learning on Internally Displaced Persons [access]
- This free "provides insight into the key issues surrounding internal displacement including but not limited to understanding who IDPs are, gender and internal displacement, law and policy on internal displacement, health and internal displacement, governance and internal displacement, among others. In a one-week session, this course gives you access to an open-access online learning experience, materials and key concepts for discussion."

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