09 July 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

As Sudan war drags on, millions still languish in displacement camps (UNHCR, June 2024) [text]

Cairo’s Faustian bargain with Brussels sends Sudanese refugees back into the cauldron (African Arguments, July 2024) [text]

Mozambique Can Learn from Other African Countries about Hosting IDPs (ISS Today, July 2024) [text]

Nigeria’s migration policy: lots of laws but no coherence and poor implementation (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

*The Plight of Refugees in Sudan: A Crisis Exacerbated by War (RLI Blog, July 2024) [text]

Sudan is now confronting its most severe food security crisis on record (The Conversation, July 2024) [text]

Reports:

Dangerous Territory: A Deepening Humanitarian Emergency in Northern Mozambique (Refugees International, June 2024) [text]

*Forced displacement and social cohesion in Ethiopia (Research & Evidence Facility, May 2024) [text]

"On This Journey, No One Cares if You Live or Die": Abuse, Protection and Justice along Routes between East and West Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean Coast, vol. 2 (UNHCR, IOM & Mixed Migration Centre, July 2024) [access]
- This report "sheds light on the stark realities faced by refugees and migrants traversing the perilous Central Mediterranean route all the way from East and Horn of Africa and West Africa to the North African coast of the Mediterranean and across the sea." See also related data visualization. Volume 1 is available here.

Journal articles:

"Between Informality and (Il)legality: Congolese Migrants’ Survival Mechanisms in South Africa," ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 709, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Causes and Impact of Internal Displacement on Women and Children of Amhara and Qimant Ethnic Groups Relocated in North West Ethiopia," Ethiopian Journal of Governance and Development, vol. 3, no. 1 (2024) [full-text]

"East Africa’s Economic Powerhouse and Refugee Haven, Kenya Struggles with Security Concerns," Migration Information Source, 2 July 2024 [text]

"How did refugees and migrants’ solidarity initiatives become an intervention for disaster and humanitarian response during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town, South Africa?," Frontiers in Political Science, 7 July 2024 [open access]

"Influences of camp refugees on the environment of Minawao in Cameroon," GeoJournal, Latest Articles, 3 July 2024 [open access]

"Prevalence, predictors, and economic burden of mental health disorders among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from African countries: A scoping review," PLoS ONE 19(6): e0305495 (June 2024) [open access]

*UPDATED

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