Uganda: How a World Food Program Aid Revamp Has Gone Wrong

'The community is not ready for the policy, and the policy is affecting the community.' Read more »

Kenya: Why I Came Back to Dadaab - a Different Kind of Refugee Return Story

'My life is worth more than this.' Read more »

Somalia: 'There's No Future in This IDP Camp' - Why Somalia's Crisis Needs a Rethink

'You need to start thinking of these informal settlements as permanent settlements - mini-cities.' Read more »

Chad: 'Every Checkpoint Could Be Your Last' - the Perilous Road to Safety for Darfuri Refugees

'We found corpses lying every two kilometres.' Read more »

South Sudan: A South Sudanese Returnee's Story, From Khartoum to Their Childhood Home

'If the government and NGOs can live up to their promises, then I would at least be able to start planning for the future.' Read more »

South Sudan: Urgent Help Needed for Stranded South Sudanese Returnees

'The South Sudan government, aid agencies, and donors need to work together to urgently put an end to this deepening crisis.' Read more »

Burundi: In Burundi, Returning Refugees Face Mixed Fortunes

'Some decide to return to exile believing that they can find better things.' Read more »

East Africa: Sudan Refugees Struggle to Exit to Ethiopia, While Aid Workers Trying to Enter Are Turned Back

'They started to question why I was leaving Sudan, and they accused me of not being Sudanese.' Read more »

East Africa: Hard Borders and Little Aid - How Civilians Are Escaping Sudan's Conflict

'I never imagined I would find myself in this situation.' Read more »

Africa: We Need to Talk About International Aid and Refugee Self-Reliance

'International organisations and NGOs often treat refugees as burdens that need to be taken care of rather than as human beings capable of taking care of ourselves.' Read more »

Uganda: Refugee Programme Hit By Fresh Fraud Concerns

'We kept asking for feedback. But nothing happened.' Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Just Want to Return Home' - Displaced Congolese On the M23 Conflict and the Need for Peace

'My big wish is for the government to bring peace.' Read more »

Kenya: Let Refugees Be Economic Contributors

'People like me have historically had neither freedom of movement nor the right to work.' Read more »

Malawi: A Refugee's Story - 'It's Like Living in a Waiting Room to Nowhere'

What happens when so-called 'solutions' for refugees fail? Read more »

South Sudan: How Writing Became My Refuge As a Woman Escaping South Sudan's War

'My stories have had a major impact.' Read more »

Uganda: 'Life Is Even Worse Now' - Ration Cuts and Price Rises Hit Refugees

'If they keep on reducing aid, it keeps adding more trauma.' Read more »

Uganda: Who Paid the Price for Refugee Fraud Scandal (And Who Didn't)?

Some say the international community's investment in a 'role model' refugee hosting country constrained the push for accountability. Read more »