Based in the Central African Republic, Zack Baddorf is a journalist and filmmaker with more than 15 years of experience producing award-winning stories from more than 30 countries, including Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the West Bank and Kashmir, as well as rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka and Burma. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/zack-baddorf/rss en Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Tue, 05 Sep 2017 08:53:46 +0000 Zack Baddorf https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/09/05/despite-war-and-weak-laws-refugees-push-to-take-back-occupied-homes https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/09/05/despite-war-and-weak-laws-refugees-push-to-take-back-occupied-homes Over half a million people are displaced inside the Central African Republic as fighting between militias continues following the 2013 conflict. Many of their homes have been occupied since they fled, complicating their eventual return.