Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"The humanitarian backdrop to Sudan’s unrest," The New Humanitarian, 17 April 2023 [text]

- See also UNHCR's briefing note.

Tackling Kenya’s longstanding refugee situation: the need for comprehensive solutions (UNHCR Blog, April 2023) [text]

"Uganda’s refugee programme hit by fresh fraud concerns," The New Humanitarian, 21 April 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Culture, Context and Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons from South Sudan (UNHCR, 2023) [text]

*"Data gathering and utilization: humanitarian targeting and ethical issues in northeastern Nigeria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:6 (April 2023) [open access]

Étude comparative sur la situation socio-économique des réfugiés et des communautés hôtes dans la région du Hodh Chargui, Mauritanie (GIZ & UNHCR, 2023) [text]

"Human Rights Violations and Mistrust among Refugees in South Africa: Implications for Public Health during the COVID Pandemic," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 4 (April 2023) [open access]

"Internally Displaced Persons: Ordeals and Analyses of the Possible Regimes of Legal Protection Frameworks," St. Mary's Law Journal, vol. 54, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

- "This Article compares the IDP legal regimes in Africa—the Nigerian Draft National Policy on IDPs and The Kenyan IDP statute."

Localizing Humanitarian Aid: Learning from a Consortium-Based Approach to Designing and Implementing a Village Health Worker Program in Borno State, Nigeria (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2023) [text]

"The Political Work of Migration Governance Binaries: Responses to Zimbabwean 'Survival Migration' at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 3 April 2023 [open access]

Reintegration experiences and future aspirations of Ethiopian returnees (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2023) [text]

"Safe for Whom? A Human Security Perspective on Nigeria as a ‘Safe Country of Origin’," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 March 2023 [open access]

Understanding conflict between locals and migrants in SA: case studies in Atteridgeville and Diepsloot (Institute for Security Studies, April 2023) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (29 March 2023)