by toprako-admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Publications
In situations of protracted humanitarian crisis, local residents and diaspora groups are key humanitarian actors. They are often the first to assist in emergencies, and they remain engaged throughout the complex crises that may follow. Little is known about how...
by toprako-admin | Jan 2, 2022 | Publications
Diaspora humanitarianism is characterised by rapid mobilisation and engagement that is built upon social networks, affective motivations, informal delivery and accountability mechanisms. This has implications for how it fits into the broader international humanitarian...
by toprako-admin | Jan 2, 2022 | Publications
Remittances were projected to crash at the start of the pandemic, but in Somaliland COVID-19 created an opportunity for digital disruption instead In April 2020, when the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were first beginning to be felt, the World Bank projected that...
by toprako-admin | Jan 2, 2022 | Upcoming Seminars
Upcoming Seminars Rako Research Seminar Series In Collaboration with DIIS – Wed 5 Jan 2022 Brief Summary With increasingly intensifying heavy cyclones as well as longer lasting droughts the impact of climate change in the Horn of Africa is real and charting to...
by toprako-admin | Dec 23, 2021 | Publications
COVID-19: A Looming humanitarian disaster for Somali East Africa As the COVID-19 virus spreads on the African continent, Somalis in Africa and around the world fear a devastating humanitarian disaster is in the making. While complex crises are not news in this part of...
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