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.
Tag: returns
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.
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.
Somalia Return and Displacement Series: Ahmed’s Story
Ahmed Abdullah is one of several hundreds of Somali refugees in Yemen that returned to Somalia when the war broke in Yemen.
Somalia return and displacement series: Aishawara’s Story
Aishawara’s life changed when the Yemen conflict began. She worked as a humanitarian aid assistant at the Al-Kharas refugee camp, where majority of the inhabitants were Somalis. When the war separated Aishawara from her family, she decided to take her changes with a Somali family that she had befriended in the camp, who were returning
Interview with UNHCR Special Envoy on the Somali Refugee Situation Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey
The recently concluded London-Somalia conference held on 11 May 2017 brought together heads of states and governments from across the Horn and East Africa and other key partners as well as senior figures from international organisations. This was the third such conference, following similar events in 2012 and 2013. The aims of this year’s conference
Guest Blog: Threat of famine brings with it mass displacement in Somalia
By Abdurahman Sharif and Aude Galli Since November 2016, 3,000 people a day in Somalia are being forced to abandon their homes in search of water and food. It is the highest displacement level since the 2011 famine. Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, is host to the largest number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)