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Kenya: What Would Hempstone Think?
February 11, 2008 | Katherine Southwick | Tagged as: Kenya
As the violence slowly subsides in Kenya, I’ve been wondering: What would Smith Hempstone think?
Southern Sudan: “They call us the ‘after peace’ people”
February 06, 2008 | Melanie Teff
Yesterday we met with a group of young Sudanese people who had spent most of their lives as refugees in Uganda because of the war in their country. They recently returned home to southern Sudan after the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was reached between North and South Sudan. They had all grown up in refugee settlements in Uganda, and they talked about their appreciation of the schooling they had been able to receive because of international humanitarian assistance to the refugees in Uganda. But they emphasized the fact that life had not been easy for them as refugees.
President’s Corner: Defending Iraqi Refugees in Egypt
February 05, 2008 | Kenneth Bacon
Barbara Harrell-Bond, a tireless worker for refugee rights, founded the Refugee Study Centre at Oxford University and the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program at the American University in Cairo. Her apartment in Cairo’s Garden District, just a few blocks from the Nile River, is a combination residence, office, strategy center and way station for refugees of all nationalities. It is also a required stop for all refugee advocates visiting Cairo.
Chad: Political Chaos A Threat To Displaced People Region-Wide
February 04, 2008 | Joel Charny | Tagged as: Chad
The push of Sudan-backed rebels into the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, poses a serious threat, not only to the government of President Idriss Deby, but to the humanitarian relief efforts in the country. An estimated 440,000 displaced people have sought refuge in eastern and southern Chad: 230,000 refugees from Darfur, 170,000 internally displaced Chadians, and 44,000 refugees from the Central African Republic.
Kenya: Peace Process Needed Now to End Ongoing Violence
February 01, 2008 | Camilla Olson | Tagged as: Kenya
Graphic images and video footage from the ongoing violence in Kenya have given those of us not living close to the conflict a real glimpse into what the situation is like on the ground. This recent video clip shows the desperate situation that many displaced Kenyans now find themselves in. Having once lived in ethnically diverse communities in the western Rift Valley region, they now worry that they will never be able to return home, for fear of retaliation from their former neighbors.