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S. Sudan Army Causing Atrocities, Humanitarian Emergency in Pibor
May 20, 2013 Dara McLeod Africa, South Sudan, Humanitarian Response, Protection & Security, Women & Children

This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress.

U.S. Aid Runs Through Displacement Camp ‘Gatekeepers’ in Mogadishu
September 27, 2012 Dara McLeod Africa, Somalia, Humanitarian Response, Protection & Security

This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress Security.

Yesterday, I met with a man in Mogadishu whose business was the target of a suicide attack. Ahmed is a British-Somali who returned to the country in 2008 and went on to open up several popular restaurants. Last Thursday, two suicide bombers walked into one of those restaurants and killed 15 of Ahmed’s patrons and staff.

Displaced Somalis Lack Resources to Make Better Life
September 18, 2012 Dara McLeod Africa, Somalia, Humanitarian Response, Protection & Security, Women & Children

This post first appeared on The Hill's Congress Blog.

The first thing you notice are the colors. The vibrant reds, blues, and greens of the multi-colored domes that dot an otherwise dry and dusty landscape. From a distance, it could almost be described as beautiful. But as we drive closer, the domes transform into the crude and woefully inadequate shelters of thousands of displaced Somalis.

Displacement in the DRC: A Desperate Situation Getting Worse
May 04, 2012 Dara McLeod Africa, DR Congo, Humanitarian Response, Protection & Security

Human beings have a remarkable capacity to endure suffering. And perhaps nowhere in the world is this capacity more thoroughly tested than in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

There is news today that more than 20,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo during the past few weeks. Last month, Congolese President Joseph Kabila announced he would try to arrest one of his generals, Bosco Ntaganda. Ntaganda is a former rebel commander who has been accused by the International Criminal Court of committing war crimes.

Refugees International Roundtable on Climate Displacement
April 25, 2012 Dara McLeod Climate Displacement

With Robin Bronen, Executive Director,
Alaska Immigration Justice Project

Introduction by Alice Thomas, Climate Displacement
Program Manager, Refugees International

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
12:30 – 2:30 pm
Refugees International
2001 S Street NW, Suite 700
Washington DC (map)