Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"How home gardening became a lifeline in Sudan’s besieged towns," The New Humanitarian, 29 July 2026 [text]

How USAID Cuts Are Creating the Security Crisis Washington Fears (Intl. Policy Digest, Aug. 2026) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

"Opaque, absurd, discretional, and irrational": The Constitutional Court of South Africa strikes down domestic provisions barring access to asylum (RLI Blog, Aug. 2026) [text]

Refugee camps explained: why South Africa has avoided them (The Conversation, July 2026) [text]

SADC’s 2026 summit must tackle migration head-on (ISS Today, Aug. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Between Voice and Constraint: Refugee Leadership and Humanitarian Governance in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 4 Aug. 2026 [open access]

"Cascading displacement in Ethiopia: drought stress, insecurity, and market pressures in the remaking of mobility, settlement, and land claims," Comparative Migration Studies, 31 July 2026 [open access]

"Countdown: Timespaces of Deadlines and Displacement," Population, Space and Place, vol. 32, no. 5 (July 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Burundi and Gambia.

"Household food insecurity among refugees: examining variations across different climatic contexts in Ugandan refugee settlements," Global Health Action, vol. 19, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"Human Capital in a Fragile State: The Roles of Development Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Conflict, and Economic Conditions in Somalia," Frontiers in Environmental Economics, 29 July 2026 [open access]

Journal of Internal Displacement, vol. 16, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

- Special Issue: on "Acteurs, Circulations et Matérialités en Afrique = Actors, Circulations, and Materialities in Africa."

"Kakuma Is Not Swahili for 'Nowhere': Narratives of the Host Community and the Meaning of a False Translation," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 41, no. 2 (2026) [open access]

"Les personnes déplacées internes, « parents pauvres de l’aide humanitaire »," Lien social et Politiques, no. 95, (2025; posted April 2026) [open access]

- Focuses on Cameroon.

"Rethinking humanitarianism: reflections from northern Kenya," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 11:20 (Aug. 2026) [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (21 July 2026)