This World Refugee Day the global commitment to addressing the rights of urban refugees is in serious doubt.
Following a spate of grenade attacks late last year in Nairobi, and Somali militant attacks in the north of the country, the Kenyan Government retaliated with attempts to enforce the encampment of urban refugees. Collectively branded as a threat to national security, the 55,000 refugees living in Nairobi have had their lives and livelihoods made illegal.
Yesterday at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, ODI, together with partners at the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, released the very latest figures on financing for disaster risk management.
A man reacts as the preliminary results of the referendum are announced in Juba on January 30, 2011
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Much has been accomplished in South Sudan in recent years, but has the humanitarian situation in the world’s newest nation improved? This event will launch edition 57 of the Humanitarian Exchange on South Sudan, which examines from different perspectives the drivers of continuing humanitarian needs in the country and how humanitarian, development and government actors interpret and respond to these.
The conference brought together humanitarians, diplomats, soldiers, experts, journalists and others for a frank discussion about these issues affecting the protection of civilians and produced some recommendations for the future.
As of this year, Afghanistan has experienced ten years of stabilization intervention, but what is there to show for it? Marked by massive expenditure with little to no accountability, and often marred by waste, stabilization in Afghanistan started out with arguably honorable aims. However, as troops prepare to leave in 2014, what legacy will be left behind?