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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.

Episode 3: Kenya's Refugee Policy: Towards Coherence?

Despite its relative generosity, Kenya’s Refugee policy has been described by leading experts as contradictory and incoherent. Why does a country containing some of the largest refugee camps in the world periodically threaten to close them?

Urban Displacement

Editorial: Forced Evictions & Development-induced Displacement in African Cities

Forced evictions are a form of invisible displacement. Their causes and consequences for communities can be devastating; the benefits they bring are unclear. Why then, do they elicit such little concern among policymakers? This richly illustrated multi-media dossier contains reportage, analysis, policy recommendations from several African cities as well as oral testimonies on migration and displacement in Nairobi.

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Internal Displacement in Ethiopia: Towards a New Policy and Legal Framework for Durable Solutions

New Publication

This analysis reviews and identifies gaps within the existing legal and policy frameworks related to internally displaced persons (IDPs) using an approach based on human security. It provides recommendations on the protection of these groups from attacks, pervasive human rights abuses and re-displacement, thereby contributing to the consolidation of a durable solution based on proactive policies and a new legal framework.

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Perspectives #01/2021: African Feminisms Across Generations

New Publication

This special edition of Perspectives reflects on, analyzes and documents the evolution of African feminisms and feminist action that African activists have taken up to address both old as well as persistent and new threats to women’s rights and gender justice. It also reflects on lessons learned from African feminist practices for current and future generations across the region.

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Perspectives #02/2019: Ecological and Social Transformation in Africa: Rethinking food systems for a +2°C world

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisa-tion (FAO) estimates that in 2017, about 375 million Africans – almost 30 percent of the population – suffered from severe food insecurity, meaning that nearly every third per-son on the continent had gone entire days without eating.

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Recent Articles

The Pretoria Agreement for Tigray: One Year After

The Rise and Rise of RLOs in East Africa

“We are waiting for a ceasefire to be able to resist again”

Sudan: Between fear of death and the courage of despair

Stress Test for Somaliland’s Democracy

The UK’s refugee deal with Rwanda: “Setting a catastrophic precedent”