National Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

Dr. Romola Adeola is a Senior Research Associate on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London, UK. She coordinates the Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa (GENIDA) and is a Fellow in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

• Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2, Towards a Legal Framework on Internal Displacement in South Sudan.- Chapter3. Mediating Protection of Forcibly Displaced Populations in the Frontlines of the Central African Republic.- Chapter4. The Adequacy of Law and Policy Frameworks on Internal Displacement in Ethiopia: A Critical Appraisal.- Chapter5. Beyond Accountability and Eminent Domain: Development Rights and Development-Induced Displacement in Kenya.- Chapter6. A Review of Land and Property Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Zimbabwe: Steps Towards Restitution.- Chapter7. Internally Displaced Children in Nigeria: A Rights-Based Situational Appraisal.- Chapter8. Straddled Between Government Forces and Armed Separatists: The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons from the Anglophone Regions of Cameroon.- Chapter9. National Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa: Law and Policy Beyond the Rhetoric