22 October 2026

Regional Focus: Africa

Reports:

Across Bab el-Mandeb strait, Yemenis flee as migrants arrive (Mixed Migration Centre, Sept. 2026) [text]

Ethiopia Protection Analysis Update: The Critical Need for Protection amongst Conflict, Violence and Climate Shocks (Protection Cluster, Aug. 2026) [text via ReliefWeb]

Policy brief on the ability to exit Eritrea regularly, with specific attention to family members of refugees (Univ. of Antwerp, 2026) [text]

Renewed hostilities in northern Ethiopia: mixed migration consequences (Mixed Migration Centre, Oct. 2026) [text]

The Sudan Humanitarian Fund: A Pooled Fund in Transition (Refugees International, Oct. 2026) [text]

Understanding protection risks and needs among refugee communities in Western Uganda and Greater Kampala (Norwegian Refugee Council, Oct. 2026) [text]

Journal articles:

"Assessing COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Goma’s displaced populations: A critical investigation in the wake of volcanic eruption and persistent armed conflict," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 14 (2026) [open access]

"Beyond Cessation: Everyday Borders and Protracted Refugeehood Among Liberian Exemption Holders in Ghana," Societies, vol. 16, no. 10 (Sept. 2026) [open access]

"Efficacy of existing conflict management strategies in addressing inter-ethnic conflict between the Dinka and Nuer refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya," African Quarterly Social Science Review, vol. 3, no. 3 (2026) [open access]

"Mediating Tensions Between Care and Control: An Ethnographic Exploration of Counting (and not Counting) COVID-19 Amongst Refugees in Uganda," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 11 Sept. 2026 [open access]

"The politics of categorizing people of African descent - global frameworks, political meanings, and shifting boundaries of belonging," Comparative Migration Studies, 14:68 (Oct. 2026) [open access]

"Refugee-Inspired Ethical Guidelines from Kakuma: Moving Toward Decolonising Research Practice," Social Sciences, vol. 14, no. 6 (May 2025) [open access]

"'We Have to Think Out of the Box They Put Us in': A Collective Narrative Study of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Subjectivities in South Africa," Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, vol. 36, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2026) [open access]

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