Forgotten and Neglected

 NeglectedList2021_ENG_LR.pdf (dropbox.com)

Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. For the first time, the top 10 list is comprised entirely of African countries.

The full list in order this year is: DR Congo, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Sudan, Chad, Mali, Sudan, Nigeria, Burundi, and Ethiopia.

“That the world’s most neglected crises are all in Africa points to the chronic failure of decision makers, donors and the media to address conflict and human suffering on this continent,” said Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, launching the report today. “With the all-absorbing war in Europe’s Ukraine, I fear African suffering will be pushed further into the shadows.”

“DRC has become a textbook example of neglect. It is one of the worst humanitarian crises of this century, yet those inside and outside of Africa with power to create change are closing their eyes to the waves of brutal and targeted attacks on civilians that shatter communities.”

The world’s most neglected displacement crises 2021 - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb