The refugee problem in Africa.
Refugees are persons who live outside their mother countries or homesteads and cannot or do not wish to return for fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or member ship to a different social group. Refugees include the asylum seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees who are still living in camps.
As early as 1965, these existed about I million refugees in Africa and this made the 1965 OAU conference in Accra to address itself seriously to this problem. In 1969, the OAU summit at Addis Ababa adopted a resolution by which all the OAU member states are duty bound to accord asylum to refugees from other parts of Africa. Today, there exists close to 8 million refugees in Africa.
As early as 1965, these existed about I million refugees in Africa and this made the 1965 OAU conference in Accra to address itself seriously to this problem. In 1969, the OAU summit at Addis Ababa adopted a resolution by which all the OAU member states are duty bound to accord asylum to refugees from other parts of Africa. Today, there exists close to 8 million refugees in Africa.
National Movements and New States in Africa