Ayan Mohamoud, Laura Hammond Internal displacement is a key economic and social development concern in Somaliland. The increased frequency of severe droughts culminated in the third food emergency in a
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A theoretically decentralized but internally centralized system: How Kismayo municipality deals with emergencies
Aweis Ahmed Somalia adopted a federal system in 2004, almost two decades ago, and its implementation started in 2013, almost a decade ago. I expected that the decentralization of power
A Shadow of Fear: The Situation of IDPs and Returnees in Afgoye
Farhia Mohamud Afgoye district is 30 kilometers from Mogadishu’s capital; Southwest state’s interim capital, Baidoa, is 196 kilometers away from Afgoye. This distance creates a void in establishing a durable
“We have impoverished each other”: the depletion of resources for host communities and the dilemma of durable solution for the IDPs in the Konso Zone and the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia
Ethiopia set a world record for internally displaced people (IDPs) two times (in 2018 and 2021) in three years. As of March 2022, an estimated 5,582,000 persons were displaced within
Leveraging cross-border cooperation: a durable solutions approach to the South Sudan displacement crisis
People in South Sudan have experienced decades of forced displacement and cross-border mobility, resulting in families split across the country and neighbouring Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. As of 2021,
Who are the ‘returnees’ in South Sudan?
South Sudan is experiencing different types of movements that are often labelled as ‘return’. Despite ongoing insecurity and a chronic shortage of essential services, it has been estimated that 505,511
Forced to Take the Road Less Travelled: Lessons From Research on Refugees’ Economic Opportunities in Kenya
When people are reflecting on watershed moments in their lives that ultimately made them who they are today, you often find the poem by Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in
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
With IGAD, there’s hope for lasting solutions to crises in Horn of Africa
By Rashid Abdi and Laura HammondPublished in the East African 29 February – 6 March 2020
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.