Uganda: For Sudanese Refugee Women in Uganda, a Cup of Coffee and a Space to Speak

"I heard others telling their stories, and I felt they were similar to my own." Read more »

Nigeria: Did the US Military Strikes in Nigeria Hit the Right Target?

"I swear to you, there will be uncontrolled tears among the people such that those who bomb us will be sorry for the civilians." Read more »

Sudan: Sexual Abuse and Blood Theft - What I Found At a Camp for Sudanese Displaced From El Fasher

"We lost many of our loved ones and relatives." Read more »

Egypt: Egypt Ramps Up Sudanese Refugee Deportations With Little UNHCR Pushback

"It is a systematic effort to erase their legal protections." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: In DR Congo's Uvira, Pro-Government Militia Actions Show Abuses Aren't Just an M23 Problem

"People were whipped, arrested, some died in detention." Read more »

Sudan: Women and Girls Fleeing El Fasher Describe Widespread RSF Sexual Violence

"Each time, a group would arrive in military vehicles, take us to a room, and rape us violently before leaving." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Life Under the M23 - What Our Reporting Reveals About Rebel Rule in DR Congo

"It is a bona fide police state that focuses only on security and neglects all other areas of life." Read more »

Kenya: 'The Weight We Carry'

Poems from Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp Read more »

Rwanda: UN Faces Scrutiny Over Refugee Transfers From Rebel-Held DR Congo to Rwanda

"It was brutal like you wouldn't believe." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Mining Interests and Missed Deadlines - Why Congolese See Little Hope in M23 Peace Talks

"They are signing commitments they never intended to implement." Read more »

Kenya: Why It's a Bad Idea to Triage Refugee Food Aid When Everyone's Hungry

"I am going to pick a rope and hang myself to death." Read more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram Is Back, and Nigeria's IDP Return Policy Is in Trouble

"You can't just return people and expect them to face whatever is out there." Read more »

Sudan: From Exile, I Watched El Fasher Fall - and My Family Fight to Survive

"There is a particular cruelty to safety when your family is dying." Read more »

Sudan: Pay Up or Be Executed - El Fasher Survivors Speak of Kidnappings and Mass Killings

"We left with nothing. Even water and food were thrown to the ground." Read more »

Sudan: An Atrocity Foretold - How the RSF Siege of El Fasher Turned Into Genocidal Slaughter

Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale. Read more »

Kenya: Dadaab Refugees Decry Divisive and Unfair Food Aid Cuts

"We do not accept to be divided and made to turn on each other." Read more »

Malawi: 'Remember We Exist', Refugees in Malawi Say As Aid Is Slashed

How do we survive when the very system meant to protect us begins to disappear? Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Displaced Are in Homes, Not Just Camps - and Aid Keeps Missing Them

"We must stop searching for a crisis that fits existing models and start designing responses that fit the crisis we actually have." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Land Grabs and Assassinations in DR Congo's Rutshuru

"They tell us they are hunting the FDLR, but it is peasant farmers who are dying." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The M23 Takeover, Part 2 - Congolese Describe Domination and Defiance in South Lubero

"It's a bona fide police state that focuses only on security." Read more »

Somalia: Al-Shabab's Shadow State - Why Somalia's Militants Are Winning Legitimacy

Privately, representatives of humanitarian and development organisations often confide that al-Shabab would be a more efficient partner than the federal government. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'Art Remains Our Oxygen' - DR Congo's Slam Poets Refuse to Be Silenced

As rebels seize their towns, spoken-word artists battle censorship and violence. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Hope and Resistance - Slam Poets Capture the Weight of War in DR Congo

"I wrote this text to put down on paper all the pain I can't bear." Read more »

South Sudan: Who Is the White Army, the Militia At the Centre of Renewed Conflict in South Sudan?

"What we want is for the community to live peacefully." Read more »

Nigeria: Why Bandit Amnesties Are Failing in Nigeria's Northwest

Talks become leverage to win safe passage, taxation rights, or space to rearm. That's why residents bristle when they see armed men strolling out of a reconciliation meeting -… Read more »