Burundi + 3 more
Mass relocations by governments have created a vast number of internally displaced persons in the Great Lakes region of Africa dependent on external aid. Jon Bennett reports on the dilemma facing aid. Governments often claim that uprooting entire communities and transferring…
Ethiopia + 2 more
By Jason Phillips, Kakuma Program Coordinator, International Rescue Committee (IRC) Strolling down the main street in Kenya's "Addis Ababa", the Ethiopian market section of the country largest refugee camp at Kakuma, one cannot help but be impressed by the entrepreneurial spirit…
Angola + 4 more
New efforts to enforce human rights laws in conflicts zones have failed to reduce civilian casualties. Yasmine Sherif argues that civilians need protection as well as material aid Yasmine Sherif is a humanitarian and human rights lawyer who since 1988…
Somalia
Country File by Abdullah Mohammoud FINAL VERSION A peace plan for Somalia is back on the international agenda. Can this one succeed where all others have failed? Abdullah Mohamoud reports on a land where intrigue gives peace little chance BIO Abdullah Mohamoud…
Angola + 2 more
Interview with Aldo Ajello FINAL VERSION Aldo Ajello, the EU's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, says the strategy of leaving regional organisations to manage crises is not working. He tells Humanitarian Affairs Review that genuine co-operation between Africans and…
Somalia
The UN intervention and successive reconciliation attempts have done little to fill the civil vacuum in Somalia. Ali A. Jama argues that the international community should now let Somalia resolve its own problems BIO Ali A. Jama is a Somali-Canadian chemical engineer…
Ethiopia
The Economist ran mid-year a cover story on Africa entitled "The Hopeless Continent" that reflected the views of many in the West. But is this fair? Renee Storteboom insists it is not and argues that there are reasons to…
Angola
Janet Janz, an Emergency Response Co-ordinator for the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC), ventured into Angola's war zone to assess what support is needed My entrance into Angola was a small miracle in itself: I did not have a…
Angola
The civil war ignores the world Antony Robbins calls on the world's donor nations to end their neglect of millions of innocent Angolan civilians caught up in a conflict of the ugliest kind Antony Robbins is media and publicity manager of…