41. Moving Beyond Relief: The Challenges of Settling Kenya's Internally Displaced
- Author:
- Sheila Mwiandi
- Publication Date:
- 08-2008
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- Kenya's post-election violence has displaced more than 600,000 persons within the country since December 2007. Although violence-induced displacement is not a new phenomenon in Kenya, the magnitude, speed and intensity of this displacement were unprecedented. Clashes in the 1990s, also around general elections, displaced hundreds of thousands of Kenyans, many of whom remain displaced today. The new coalition government has made the resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) a top priority, launching "Operation Return Home" in May.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution, Political Violence, Human Welfare, and Humanitarian Aid
- Political Geography:
- Kenya and Africa