The World’s 10 Most Neglected Refugee Crises Are All in Africa | by Amuna Wagner

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has published an annual report on the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world, with the intention to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines.

This list is based on shortfalls in the international political response, media coverage, and the amount of aid pledged.

This year marks the first time that all ten countries on the Council's list of most neglected refugee crises are on the African continent.

The listed countries are, in order: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Sudan, Chad, Mali, Sudan, Nigeria, Burundi and Ethiopia.“

The world is paying too little attention to an abundance of mass displacements of people across Africa, risking starvation deaths and prolonging conflicts”, the NRC warns.

“The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the immense gap between what is possible when the international community rallies behind a crisis, and the daily reality for millions of people suffering in silence within these crises on the African continent that the world has chosen to ignore”, the aid group’s chief Jan Egeland said in a public statement when launching the report.

The report called for “adequate attention” and suggested steps to address donor fatigue.

Women and girls are disproportionately affected by displacement as they are more likely to experience sexual and gender-based violence and less likely to receive access to education.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has published an annual report on the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world, with the intention to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines.

This list is based on shortfalls in the international political response, media coverage, and the amount of aid pledged.

This year marks the first time that all ten countries on the Council's list of most neglected refugee crises are on the African continent.

The listed countries are, in order: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Sudan, Chad, Mali, Sudan, Nigeria, Burundi and Ethiopia.“

The world is paying too little attention to an abundance of mass displacements of people across Africa, risking starvation deaths and prolonging conflicts”, the NRC warns.

The report called for “adequate attention” and suggested steps to address donor fatigue.

Women and girls are disproportionately affected by displacement as they are more likely to experience sexual and gender-based violence and less likely to receive access to education.