17 April 2025

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Africa’s refugee camps are plagued by flooding: we looked into drainage systems that can withstand local conditions (The Conversation, April 2025) [text]

Psychosocial wellbeing: An overlooked dimension in the lives of refugees and host communities in Kenya (Nasikiliza Blog, April 2025) [text]

UNHCR Southern Africa Director Stresses Regional Cooperation to Address Humanitarian Challenges During High-Level Consultative Visit to SADC (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

UNHCR welcomes the release of eight refugees and asylum-seekers in Agadez (UNHCR, April 2025) [text]

Voices of Resilience: Inspiration and Challenges of Refugee Leadership in Kakuma (LERRN Blog, April 2025) [text]

Reports:

Exploring the Implementation of the 2019 Global Refugee Forum Pledges by the Government of Kenya: A Case Study of the Dadaab Refugee Camps (LERRN, March 2025) [text]

Key Insights from Route-based Research Along the Main Migratory Routes in East and Horn of Africa (IOM, 2025) [text]

The Role of Mid-Transit Cities as Migration Hubs: A Brief Literature Review, Research Paper, no. 7 (Aries Consult, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Unsafe and Overcrowded: The Shelter Crisis Facing Displaced Families in Tigray (Shelter Cluster, April 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Addis Ababa as a City (e)scape of Refugee Resilience: A Trialectical Perspective," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 2 (2024) [open access]

"Real ethics has dirty feet – data collector perspectives on risk exposure during data collection in conflict-affected Eastern DRC," Conflict and Health, 19:21 (April 2025) [open access]

"Securitization is (normal) politics: Epistemological insights from Kenya’s forced migration and security experience," Migration Studies, vol. 13, no. 2 (June 2025) [open access]

"Severe Repression in Eritrea Has Prompted Decades of Exodus," Migration Information Source, 9 April 2025 [text]

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