30 December 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

The Reception of Refugees: The ongoing influence of historical laws and traditional conceptualisations of refugees in Zambia (RLI Blog, Dec. 2024) [text]

"Why Ituri’s war-displaced fear a UN peacekeeper pullout," The New Humanitarian, 23 Dec. 2024 [text]
- Focuses on the DRC.

Year End Reflections from Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, UNHCR’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa: Five Recommendations for 2025 (UNHCR, Dec. 2024) [text]

Reports:

*Block by block: unpuzzling Africa’s migration governance landscape (Institute of Security Studies, Nov. 2024) [text]
- See also related ISS Today post.

Bursting at the seams: the impact of war and displacement on Sudan's Eastern cities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2024) [text]

Inspiring inclusion in forced displacement: Learning from Uganda (Univ. of Birmingham, Dec. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Localisation of Protection Programming in Garissa & Turkana, Kenya (Danish Refugee Council & Samuel Hall, July 2024) [text]

Strengthening Gender-Sensitive Responsiveness among RLOs in Kenya and Uganda (Heinrich Böll Stiftung, RELON & Samuel Hall, June 2024) [text]

Journal articles:

"Anticipatory actions: lessons from the storm Ana in Mocuba district, Mozambique," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:18 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Effect of households’ members disability and serious illness on public health insurance subscription among urban refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya," BMC Public Health, 24:3276 (Nov. 2024) [open access]

"Exploring trauma and resilience of Urban South Sudanese refugees in Sudan," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:57 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"Good international citizenship and the protection of internally displaced persons: examining Kenya’s law and policy," International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 28, no. 10 (2024) [open access]

"Prevalence of physical and mental health problems among internally displaced persons in White Nile state, Sudan 2023: a cross sectional study," BMC Public Health, 24:3448 (Dec. 2024) [open access]

"What if professional mosquito abatement in Africa started in a refugee camp?," MalariaWorld Journal, vol. 15, no 14 (Oct. 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Burundians in Rwanda.

Multimedia:

Authoritarian Sanctuaries: Refugee Politics in East Africa, 13 Dec. 2024 [access]

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