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Digital Museum of Memories: Preserving Community Heritage Amidst Urban Renewal in Addis Ababa

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Mapping Displacement Governance - Uganda

Mapping Displacement Governance in East Africa

New Publication

Uganda's migration and displacement governance is largely regarded as progressive, extending the right to work, freedom of movement, and access to public services to refugees. However, behind this record is a system in which political imperatives, economic interests, and historical influences all tend to tug in different ways. With persistent gaps in funding, risk of corruption, and scarce avenues of citizenship, will Uganda's model continue to be an international benchmark of protection in the years to come?

Bridging Divides

New Publication

Somalia faces a critical moment as efforts to finalize its provisional constitution and shift to one-person, one-vote elections are complicated by political disputes, strained relations between the Federal Government of Somalia and some Federal Member States, and a rapidly closing window in the government’s mandate.

Mapping Displacement Governance in East Africa

New Publication

Migration and displacement governance in Kenya has since inception lacked congruence. Where the country has vowed to adhere to its international obligations, it has at the same time acted contradictory. Policy and practice continues to be at loggerheads to date. With the establishment of the Shirika plan and Regulations to the Refugee Act 2021, could a new era of coherence in Kenya’s refugee management be on the horizon?

Contested Mobility Norms in Africa

New Publication

The goal of this report is to enhance understanding of how to improve cooperation on migration partnerships between African and European stakeholders by actually integrating African mobility norms and providing space for their expression

By Franzisca Zanker and Amanda Bisong

Taxi in Addis Abeba commonly referred to as“Weyeyet” (discussion) because of its two opposing benches.

Ethiopia’s National Dialogue

New Publication

Ethiopia has embarked on a critical national dialogue effort that carries the potential to reshape its political landscape. If not managed effectively, it could yield disastrous consequences.

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Curated Conversations is a podcast series that examines the past, present, and possible futures of migration within and from the African continent. It seeks to forge a new discussion around African migration in Europe and the West, but also within Africa itself: one that foregrounds African knowledge, lived experience, and political thought towards a humane and socially just order of mobility. Hosted by African Arguments and the Heinrich Boll Foundation’s African Migration Hub.