Reports

Population displacement and conflict are among the most significant contemporary problems facing the Horn of Africa.}

The purpose of the project is to explore the bi-directional migration flows between the Horn of Africa (HoA) and Yemen in order to identify areas of effective policy interventions.}

The paper begins by tracing the emergence of the Somali community in Uganda since colonial times and later through the 1990s}

This research brief provides a summary of the preliminary findings of research being carried out by the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) on behalf of the EU Trust Fund for Africa. The purpose of the project is to explore the bi-directional migration flows between the Horn of Africa (HoA) and Yemen in order to identify areas of effective policy interventions.}

Population displacement and conflict are among the most significant contemporary problems facing the Horn of Africa. Political instability, economic deprivation, changing population dynamics, resource scarcity, and complex influences that travel back and forth between diaspora and home communities all combine to create an environment of flux, in which people are moving, sometimes out of choice but often in the absence of any positive choice, in search of a better life.}

Our research focused on Gulu in Uganda, Eldoret in Kenya, and Dire Dawa in Ethiopia as destination cities, and a selective examination of rural areas where people are migrating from.}