20 January 2023

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

7 million internally displaced people live in Central Africa – they need more support (The Conversation, Jan. 2023) [text]

Kampala Convention at 10 years: African Union leadership can deliver for IDPs (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

Rwanda’s President Politicizes Refugee Rights (Human Rights Watch, Jan. 2023) [text]

The Six Trendsetters in African Migration and Mobility (Trends Research, Jan. 2023) [access]

Reports & book chapters:

Advocacy Brief: A call on African states to ratify the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) (Univ. of Pretoria, Nov. 2022) [text]

Asylum in urban spaces: The case of refugees in cities in Uganda (Research & Evidence Facility, Dec. 2022) [text]

Conflict and displacement in Ethiopia: the case of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State and Konso Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (Research & Evidence Facility, Jan. 2023) [text]
- See also related blog post.

*"From Control to Deterrence: Assessing Border Enforcement in South Africa," Chapter in Theorizing Local Migration Law and Governance (Cambridge Univ. Press, Sept. 2022) [open access]

The Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees: taking stock of progress and the way forward in the Horn of Africa (Research & Evidence Facility, Sept. 2022) [text]

Kenya: Summary of Learning from World Bank-UNHCR Data and Evidence Collaboration (2016–2023) (Jan. 2023) [text]

''Money determines life, survival and everything else'': People need choices for an uncertain future (Ground Truth Solutions, Dec. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Nigeria.

Report of the Retreat on the Domestication of the African Union Convention on Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention) (UNHCR, May 2022) [text]

Rethinking Resettlement and Return in Nigeria’s North East, Africa Briefing, no. 184 (International Crisis Group, Jan. 2023) [text]

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