Although rates of infection have not been as high as in other regions, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa have been severe due to the…

The COVID crisis is impacting migrants, refugees and their families back in their home countries who depend on the money they send to make ends meet, especially for households in countries…

Nyamal, 13, returns home from a nearby school in her rural village of Maar. She barely rests when her dad, 50, calls upon her. Another middle-aged man also sits by, excited for one reason or…

Ensuring better integration of refugees into host communities and longer-term investments in both refugees and their hosts.

The borderlands in the Horn of Africa are synonymous with economic, social, and political marginalization, entrenched poverty, persistent con¬flict, forced displacement, and envi¬ronmental…

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Nearly four in 10 girls marry each year before their 18th birthday, many of them becoming mothers at a young age.…

Investing in and protecting human capital is a key element of the first institution-wide strategy on fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) of the World Bank Group. Health is a critical element of…

While camps are often crucial for the displaced populations in the immediate term, they are not a tenable option when displacement becomes prolonged.

South Sudan became independent in 2011 after a prolonged conflict. Although the new country was blessed with international good will, considerable foreign aid, and vast oil wealth, it nevertheless…