11 October 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

7 years into the conflict, solutions to displacement in Cabo Delgado remain elusive (IDMC Expert Analysis, Oct. 2024) [text]

M23 conflict caused nearly 3 out of every 4 displacements in the DRC this year (IDMC Expert Analysis, Sept. 2024) [text]

Refugee Creativity, Fun, and Initiative at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi (Wilson Center, Oct. 2024) [text]

Refugee figures in South Sudan hit the half a million mark as thousands arrive, fleeing conflict in Sudan (UNHCR, Oct. 2024) [text]

New open access book:

Voices in the Dark: The Energy Lives of Refugees (Berghahn Books, Oct. 2024) [open access]
- "Humanitarianism is in crisis: refugee numbers increase every year and humanitarian agencies are struggling to meet the needs of displaced people. In refugee camps all over the world, refugees are forced to secure their own access to energy and are provided with limited cooking resources and minimal electricity. Voices in the Dark draws upon a decade of original research to provide evidence on the energy lives of refugees. Focusing on refugee camps in Rwanda and Kenya, the book identifies that urgent change is required within humanitarian responses to forced migration and the climate crisis to ensure that future energy provision in displacement settings is sustainable, reliable and affordable for refugees."

Reports:

Migration Governance Indicators Data on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]

Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants: A Course for Migration Officials in Africa (IOM, 2024) [text]

Sudan: Scenarios - A region-by-region analysis of possible developments affecting humanitarian needs and operations in Sudan until December 2025 (ACAPS, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

What displaced people in the DRC think of humanitarian protection and how to learn from it (Humanitarian Practice Network, Oct. 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multicountry representative survey," BMJ Mental Health, vol. 26, no. 1 (2023) [open access]
- See also related post in The Conversation.

"Inhabiting temporariness: the agency-in-waiting of Eritrean refugees in the city," Environment & Urbanization, OnlineFirst, 6 Oct. 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on Ethiopia.

"Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda," Population, Space and Place, Early View, 26 Sept. 2024 [open access]

"Securitisation of Refugee Protection: The Judiciary’s Role in the Protection of the Rights of Refugees: Attorney General v. Kituo Cha Sheria & 7 Others," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Kenya.

"Traumatised youth harbour feelings of revenge: investigating the association between PTSD symptomatology, vengeance, and willingness to forgive among the Congolese adolescent refugees in Uganda," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 15, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

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