Ghana: Ghana's Informal Settlements Are Not All the Same - Social Networks Make a Difference in Community Development

Informal settlements in Africa are diverse. Across regions and even in the same city, socioeconomic and physical conditions vary. One thing is common though: upgrading them is a… Read more »

East Africa: Refugees in East Africa Suffer From High Levels of Depression, Making It Harder to Rebuild Lives - New Study

By the end of 2023, more than 100 million people globally had been forced to flee their homes due to war, violence, fear of persecution, and human rights violations. Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Floods - the First Example of a Mass Population Permanently Displaced By Climate Change?

Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected.… Read more »

Africa: Rich Countries Are Paying Poorer Ones to Manage Their Refugee Crises - 3 Reasons This Is Dangerous

In recent years, western nations have been sending asylum seekers who arrive at their borders to other countries. This is a practice known as offshoring. The UK has become the… Read more »

Africa: Displaced By Violent Conflict - the World's Most Neglected Crises Are in Africa - Six Essential Reads

The Norwegian Refugee Council recently released a report highlighting the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world in 2023. Nine of the 10 countries are in Africa - the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Donkeys Are Unsung Heroes in Ethiopia's Humanitarian Crisis - and They Could Do Even More With Better Support

Conflict and drought in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia has triggered a humanitarian crisis. The Ethiopian government says 16 million people across the country are facing… Read more »

Rwanda: Even Many Critics of the Rwanda Deportation Policy Are Missing the Point of Why It's Wrong

The UK government's proposals to send asylum seekers arriving to the UK onto Rwanda continue to spark intense opposition. Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Needs to Manage Migrants Better. That Requires Cleaning Up the Department of Home Affairs

Legal grievances against the South African Department of Home Affairs, including contempt of court cases, are depressingly common. Too frequently the minister has to apologise to a… Read more »

East Africa: 'You Reach a Point Where You Have Nothing. You Will Just Die' - in East African Refugee Camps, Food Scarcity Is a Mortal Concern

For refugees living in settlements across Africa, life got more difficult in 2023. Read more »

South Africa: Male Domestic Workers in South Africa - Study Sheds Light On the Experiences of Malawian and Zimbabwean Migrants

An estimated 800,000 people work as domestic workers in South Africa. Most are black women from marginalised backgrounds. It's therefore not surprising that the bulk of the… Read more »

Africa: Migrant Numbers Are Rising - Conflict, Climate and Harassment Force Millions to Leave Their Homes

The number of forcibly displaced people increased to 108 million in 2022 and is expected to reach 117 million by the end of 2023, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency… Read more »

Africa: Some Refugee Girls Are Forced Into Early Marriage for Safety - Here's Why

Rates of child marriage increase in communities displaced by conflict as well as communities affected by natural and environmental disasters. Read more »

East Africa: Most East African Refugees Are Hosted Close to Borders - It's a Deliberate War Strategy

There are close to 4 million people living in refugee camps across Africa. Of the more than 300 camps, nearly 70% are situated within 30km-50km of an international border. They… Read more »

Africa: Europe Outsourcing Asylum to African Countries Is a Terrible Idea - There Are Alternatives

For 40 years, western governments have entertained ideas of outsourcing asylum processing and refugee hosting to the global south. It is not a new idea. And neither are the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Was Feted for Expanding Education Rights for Refugees, Then Politics Got in the Way

Ethiopia is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in the world. It hosts more than 800,000 refugees and asylum seekers. For decades, refugees were sheltered primarily in 26… Read more »

South Africa: LGBTIQ+ Migrants and Asylum Seekers - Major New Study Identifies a Diverse, Wide-Spread Community

Since 1998, South Africa has recognised persecution based on gender and sexuality as legitimate grounds for asylum. This makes it the only African country to formally extend… Read more »

Central Africa: 7 Million Internally Displaced People Live in Central Africa - They Need More Support

Central Africa is host to the largest community of internally displaced persons in Africa. The countries in this region include Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the… Read more »