Aweis Ahmed, Farhia Mohamud, Mahad Wasuge Internal displacement and refugee repatriation in Somalia are closely tied to the dynamics of climate change and environmental degradation, and in addition to a
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Operationalising a whole-of-society approach
Oliver Bakewell, Javans Okhonjo Wanga Whether people are migrating freely in the hope of improving their quality of life or fleeing as refugees to save their lives in the face
Podcast: South Sudan’s decades of displacement
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. According to the
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
REF and Samuel Hall publish major study on return and reintegration in South Sudan
What are the individual, community and structural factors impacting displacement patterns in South Sudan?
“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
South Sudan’s decades of displacement: Understanding return and questioning reintegration
REF and Samuel Hall Research This study explores the experiences of displacement, return and reintegration among South Sudanese refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). The overall objective of the
Gendered experiences of return and displacement in South Sudan: developing gender-sensitive policies and programming
People in South Sudan have experienced decades of forced displacement and cross-border mobility, resulting in families being split across the country as well as across neighbouring Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and
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,
What we know about livelihoods and mobility in the Horn of Africa
Mobility has been a feature of life in the Horn of Africa for centuries. People have raised animals as part of their livelihoods, moving across the region, for much of