Refugees in Africa
This is a testimony Joel R Charny about the refugees and the returnees in Africa from June 2007. Joel is trying to reach the ears of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, US House of Representatives. Joel wants to try to get the 11 million Africans that have been displaced back in to their country. This is a important document because it gives statistic about the refugees.
"The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one place where U.S. diplomatic efforts are badly needed. Almost all new displacement in the country since the beginning of 2007 has occurred in the volatile province of North Kivu, the result of a serious mistake by the Congolese government."
"Displacement in Africa is a major priority for Refugees International. Even as I present this testimony we have teams assessing the situation in southern Sudan and the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In addition to these locations, areas of concern where RI has conducted missions over the past year include: the Darfur region of Sudan; eastern and southern Chad, focusing on Sudanese and Central African refugees as well as internally displaced Chadians; the Central African Republic; northern Uganda; the Ivory Coast, focusing on internal displacement and Liberian refugees; and Senegal, focusing on stateless Mauritanians. Other countries presently producing large-scale displacement or with the potential to do so include Somalia; Zimbabwe; and Guinea." This is the overview for the testimony.