08 December 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Catastrophic Flooding and its Impact on Displaced People in Chad (Wilson Center, Dec. 2024) [text]

Commemorating 15 years of the Kampala Convention (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Externalization of migration control in Africa: An African perspective (ADiM Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Governments commit to strengthening regional responses for refugees and migrants along routes in Southern Africa (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Indian Ocean Island States validate key findings on mixed migration along the Western Indian Ocean Route (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa gain support on international refugee law (UNHCR, Nov. 2024) [text]

Power up: how mini-grids make energy accessible in refugee camps (Utrecht Univ., Nov. 2024) [text]

The promise and limits of perspective-taking (Development Impact Blog, Nov. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Kenya.

"Refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region continue to face almost daily attacks," The New Humanitarian, 21 Nov. 2024 [text]

"Warring parties target local aid volunteers as fighting escalates in Sudan," The New Humanitarian, 13 Nov. 2024 [text]

Reports:

Energy for Household Uses in Refugee Settlements in Uganda: Desk Review for the Uganda refugee response (Save the Children & U-Learn, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Internal Displacement in Africa: An overview of trends and developments (2009-2023) (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Nov. 2024) [access]
- Available in English and French. See also related press release.

Mainstreaming Accountability Culture in a Refugee Response Context (U-Learn, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Uganda.

Refugee Welfare in Kenya: Challenges and Solutions, LERRN Working Paper, no. 28 (Carleton Univ., Nov. 2024) [text

Journal articles:

"From Policy to Reality: Examining the Rippling Effects of Return Migration Governance in Nigeria," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 4 Dec. 2024 [open access]

"Inhabiting temporariness: the agency-in-waiting of Eritrean refugees in the city," Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Religion, Refugees, and International Order: A Global History of Solidarity, Dislocation, and Reintegration in South Sudan," Global Studies Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"The right to the city for urban refugees? Living in the shadow of the camp in Nairobi, Amman and Addis Ababa," Environment & Urbanization, vol. 36, no. 2 (Oct. 2024) [open access]

"Water supply for refugees and their host communities in protracted situations: costs and financing options for sustaining services in Ethiopia and Uganda," Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Uncorrected proof, 19 Nov. 2024 [open access]

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