Priorities for the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
This week the United Nations Secretary-General announced the establishment of a High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement.
2410, 2019
1707, 2019
Meet our researchers: Fekadu Adugna Tufa
Dr Fekadu Adugna Tufa is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at Addis Ababa University. His areas of research interest are displacement, migration, climate change, identity studies, conflict and conflict management, borderland studies, land deals, and pastoralism. Fekadu has also consulted on pastoral livelihoods, conflict management, the impacts of large-scale agricultural investments, and other land-related issues. In 2016, he received the Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network’s
1707, 2019
Meet our researchers: Kalyango Ronald Sebba
Dr Kalyango Ronald Sebba is a lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at Kyambogo University, in Kampala, Uganda. Until recently he was lecturer at the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University. He teaches courses on social policy and community health. He also teaches courses covering conflict and post-conflict situations; forced migration; refugee livelihoods and household economy; gender-based violence; and children in conflict. He
1707, 2019
Meet our researchers: Kiya Gezahegne
Kiya Gezahegne is an Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at Addis Ababa University. She is also an honorary Research Associate at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. Her research interests span migration and enforced displacement – particularly in relation to gender, conflict, and migration management. She has a specific interest in identity issues in relation to mobility – how migrants look at themselves, and how they are
1607, 2019
New research sheds light on the impact of youth training and employment on migration dynamics in the Horn of Africa
Investments in TVET programmes in the Horn of Africa are designed to improve young people’s skills, strengthen the local labour market and boost their chances of finding employment, thereby reducing their incentives to follow irregular migration paths across the region or beyond. In this context, the research considered the impact of participation in TVET schemes on geographical mobility, both in terms of people’s behaviour and attitudes. Uganda and Ethiopia wereRead More
1602, 2019
Changing Places: Migration and displacement in the Horn of Africa discussed at REF research forum in Nairobi
In January 2019 the REF convened the Changing Places forum in Nairobi to discuss themes related to migration, displacement and development across the Horn of Africa.
1212, 2018
REF participates in Mogadishu Evidence Week to Re-think Mobility and Displacement
The Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS) organised the first Somali Evidence week between 26-30 November 2018 to support knowledge sharing and research uptake to inform better durable solutions programming and policies based on evidence.
1209, 2018
New study on Darfuri Migration From Sudan To Europe
There are significant numbers of Sudanese migrants travelling from Sudan to Europe, especially since 2014. Many hail from Darfur.
0607, 2018
Somalia Return and Displacement Series: Politics and Policies
In our final post on this series, we highlight some of the complexities related to displacement and return that our study, Return and (Re)Integration after Displacement, has demonstrated.
2906, 2018
Somalia Return and Displacement Series: Rashid’s Story
I lived in Dadaab refugee camp for 22 years. I grew up in Ifo and was schooled there. I trained in Dadaab as a teacher and found work there as a primary school teacher in English, mathematics and social studies. I got married in Dadaab and have 3 children.