Africa (sub-Saharan)
Africa (sub-Saharan)
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July 1, 2005
In search of a better life, thousands of Nigerian women have signed emigration "pacts" with smugglers before going to Europe, where they are coerced into prostitution. Jørgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo explains.
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June 1, 2005
The ongoing conflict between the government and a rebel army has displaced the majority of Northern Ugandans. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable, as MPI's Erin Patrick reports.
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September 1, 2004
Botswana has rapidly evolved from a migrant sending country to a migrant receiving country, according to Kate Lefko-Everett of the Southern Africa Migration Project.
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September 1, 2004
Sally E. Findley of Columbia University examines Malians' age-old solution to their economic difficulties: migration.
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September 1, 2004
Aderanti Adepoju of the Human Resources Development Centre in Lagos provides an overview of Africa's dynamic migration flows, examining trends ranging from feminization to diversification.
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September 1, 2004
Hania Zlotnik of the UN Population Division focuses on the challenges of analyzing data on migration in Africa.
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September 1, 2004
MPI Associate Policy Analyst Erin Patrick maps out the latest developments in the evolving refugee crisis in and around Sudan's Darfur region.
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September 1, 2004
Beverlee Bruce of the Social Science Research Council provides a field-based look at Liberia's post-conflict reconstruction.