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Webinar: Towards a #PeriodFriendlyWorld: Menstrual Hygiene in Displacement Settings in East Africa

May 28 is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Menstrual health remains a critical yet often overlooked issue, especially in displacement settings where access to sanitary products, clean water, and privacy can be severely limited. Menstruation is 

Isolationism—What It Means for Refugees in Africa’s Central Sahel

In the past five years, three countries in the Central Sahel—Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—have undergone transformative political changes. All three countries are now led by military juntas. In January 2025, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso formally withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional economic bloc. ECOWAS also has a

When Home is Gone: Unaccompanied & Separated Children in East Africa

Imagine you are a child, living in armed conflict when suddenly explosions fill your community and destruction surrounds you—you flee—and as people scatter, screaming and running for safety, you lose sight of your parents in the chaos. Home is gone and so is your family.

Imagine you are a child, and severe drought has gripped you...

Discussion on the State of Migration in East and Horn of Africa

On July 11, 2023, USCRI had the honor of joining the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the East Africa Community (EAC), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) at the United State Institute of Peace for a discussion of the inaugural State of Migration in East and Horn of Africa Report. This report focuses on the role of regional integration in advancing safe, orderly, and regular human mobility in the East and Horn of Afri...

USCRI Policy – Addressing Forced Displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR)

On April 28th, the Governments of the Central African Republic (CAR), Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sudan, and South Sudan, resolved to deliver durable solutions for the 1.4 million Central Africans forcibly displaced by decades of conflict. In partnership with United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR), the alliance of governments signed the Yaoundé Declaration, which facilitates regional cooperation in strengthening protection, integration, an...