The Conversation: Ethnic violence in Tigray has echoes of Ethiopia’s tragic past
Laura writes about the current situation in Tigray and the border town of Humera where she studied for her PhD.
2011, 2020
3009, 2020
Mobile people’s mobile phones – how do information and communication technologies (ICTs) affect mobility and migration in the Horn of Africa?
Our latest report explores how this increased access and use of ICTs affects people’s aspirations, decisions, needs and capabilities to move.
1709, 2020
Resilience in action on the drylands of Turkana
To understand resilience, I realised I should instead start living, working, resting, playing, and hearing stories as much as my untrained body would allow—there where shade is only found in the shadows of clouds.
1509, 2020
Localisation and participation within the rollout of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework in Kenya
The success of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) is dependent in large part on the extent to which greater self-reliance and inclusion of refugees and host communities is achieved. This can only be established by examining the extent to which initiatives, activities, structures and processes of a country’s rollout procedures engage with the perspectives and priorities of displacement-affected communities.
2708, 2020
ODI blog: Why so many Sudanese are prepared to risk their lives to reach the UK
Read the ODI blog from Margie Buchanan-Smith and Susanne Jaspars: ‘Why so many Sudanese are prepared to risk their lives to reach the UK’ The blog explores the REF and ODI research which documented the forced migration of young Sudanese feeling Sudan for Europe. The study focused on the plight of the Darfuris; who was leaving Sudan and why; what were their experiences after leaving their own country; and what happened
0708, 2020
Mobility and COVID-19: A case study of Uganda
By Kalyango Ronald Sebba. Uganda registered its first case of COVID 19 on 22 March 2020. With events evolving fast, the socio-economic impacts were not immediately clear, and the government framed the pandemic in terms of health rather than socio-economic factors,
2207, 2020
Video: Challenges and opportunities from the application of the CRRF with ReDSS
In this video, Cate Osborn from the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS) talks about key findings and recommendations from their 2019 research
2007, 2020
Food security during the COVID-19 pandemic: overlapping challenges, emerging responses in the Horn of Africa
By Louisa Brain and Laura Hammond, SOAS University of London.This blog was originally posted on Italian Institute for International Political Studies‘ website.
0307, 2020
COVID-19 and mobility, conflict and development
While much has been said about COVID-19 as a leveller – disregarding borders, race, and class – its unfolding in the Horn of Africa (HoA) illustrates the way it overlaps with and exacerbates existing political and social inequalities
0705, 2020
Understanding the views of migration and the aims of migration management
By Oliver Bakewell What is migration management? Migration undoubtedly creates many challenges, as well as opportunities