09 January 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Can the DRC Hold Free and Fair Elections Amid Mass Displacement? Violence and instability threaten to dampen DRC voters’ enthusiasm as the election unfolds (US Inst. of Peace, Dec. 2023) [text]

The criminalization of mobility in Niger: the case of Law 2015-36 (Asile Project, Nov. 2023) [text]

The Global Refugee Forum 2023 (On the Move Blog, Jan. 2024) [text]

"How a WFP food aid revamp has gone wrong for refugees in Uganda," The New Humanitarian, 15 Dec. 2023 [text]

Malawi: Rights Group Expelled from Refugee Camp (Human Rights Watch, Dec. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

African Human Mobility Review, vol. 9, no. 3 (2023) [open access]
- Mix of articles.

"Coping Resources among Forced Migrants in South Africa: Exploring the Role of Character Strengths in Coping, Adjustment, and Flourishing," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1 (Dec. 2023) [open access]

"Protection of the Rights of Ethiopian and DRC Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Examining the Role of South African NGOs (2005–2017)," African Human Mobility Review, vol. 9, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

Reconsidering the Management of Conflict-induced Displacement in Ethiopia (Researching Internal Displacement, Dec. 2023) [text]

"The Search for Sustainability Amid Displacement: Exploring the Potential of Fast-growing Exotic Tree Species as Fuelwood Alternative for Refugees and Host Communities in Northern Uganda," Journal of Environment & Development, OnlineFirst, 22 Dec. 2023 [ResearchGate

"To Whom Does the Knowledge Belong? The Researcher-Researched Relationship and Vulnerability in Refugee Studies," Ethics in Progress, vol. 14, no. 2 (2023) [open access]
- Based on fieldwork conducted in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda.

Multimedia:

Migration and Displacement in African Cities (Curated Conversations: Exploring the Politics of Migration Through Ideas Podcast, Dec. 2023) [access]

Migration, Integration, and Development in Secondary Cities, 16 Nov. 2023 [access]

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