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,
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Taking Stock: Recent & Upcoming Research
The Research and Evidence Facility (REF) was established in May 2016 to conduct research relevant to the formulation and implementation of EU Trust Fund activities in the Horn of Africa.
Disability Inclusion of Refugees in Ethiopia and Recommendations for Future Practice
This policy brief presents the findings and recommendations from a study, on disability inclusion for refugees in Ethiopia. The study examines the experiences, protection needs, barriers to, and opportunities for
COVID-19 and forced immobility in the Horn of Africa
Oliver Bakewell, Research & Evidence Facility Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic overlays a new form of disaster on the already complex array of chronic and periodic crises that beset the people
Is the state fuelling the migration industry? The migration economy of Metema
Besides regulating migration, the state is involved in the migration industry along the route between Ethiopia and Sudan, both directly and indirectly.
A state-incorporated business: the migration economy along the Ethiopia–Sudan border town of Metema
Kiya Gezahegne, Department of Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Abstract The pattern of migration from Ethiopia to Sudan, through the Metema border town, has proved complex and is expanding,
Information and communication technologies, mobility and migration in the Horn of Africa
This research brief presents the key findings and recommendations of an extensive literature review on how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect intentions and behaviours related to mobility within the
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
COVID-19 and mobility, conflict and development in the Horn of Africa: REF briefing paper
Louisa Brain, Hassan Adow, Jama Musse Jama, Farah Manji, Michael Owiso, Fekadu Adugna Tufa, Mahad Wasuge The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID‐19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020 and
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