Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

The Government of the Republic of Rwanda, the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Extend Agreement to Continue Evacuation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Libya (UNHCR, Aug. 2024) [text]

Reports:

Africa Forum on Displacement: Private Sector Solutions, Accra, 1-3 Nov. 2023 [text]

Building Evidence to Enhance the Welfare of Refugees and Host Communities in Kenya (World Bank, UNHCR & Univ. of California, Aug. 2024) [text]

- See also related project info.

Forced Displacement Survey: South Sudan 2023 (UNHCR, July 2024) [access]

- Note: "The Forced Displacement Survey (FDS) is a programme designed to streamline and standardize surveys that collect data on forcibly displaced people." South Sudan is the first country where it has been implemented. More info is available via the a/m link.

Implementing migration policies in Ghana: navigating externalization and local realities (Externalizing Asylum, July 2024) [text]

Livelihoods Lost: Findings from two rounds of the Somalia Displacement Phone Survey (2022) (Joint Data Center, June 2024) [text]

The meeting of humanitarian and civic space in Sudan: lessons for localisation (Humanitarian Practice Network, Aug. 2024) [text]

The Nuba Mountains: A Window into the Sudan Crisis (Refugees International, Aug. 2024) [text]

'Working with humanitarians is a nightmare': dynamics surrounding locally led peacebuilding in Somalia (ODI, Aug. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"(De)coloniality of 'Tethered Mobilities' in Freetown, Sierra Leone and Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania," Migration and Society, Online First, 1 Dec. 2023 [open access]

"Integrated health services for refugee and host populations in Uganda: A qualitative study of stakeholder’s perspectives," Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, vol. 19, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"UNHCR Synergy with Nigerian Government and the Security Concerns of Vulnerable Cameroonian Anglophone Refugees in Cross River State, Nigeria, 2017-2023," Journal of Contemporary International Relations and Diplomacy, vol. 5, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Violent Conflicts, Forced Migration and Internal Population Displacement in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2011," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 18, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

Sudan at a Crossroads: Addressing the Largest Internal Displacement Crisis in the World, 18 July 2024 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (12 Aug. 2024)