Salia Musala could make containment of Ebola difficult.
1,500 people are dead from Ebola, nearly one year after the outbreak of the viral disease, in DR Congo. More than...
Suicide cases are many amongst South Sudanese asylum seekers, in Uganda. Why?
South Sudanese Refugees Association began trauma-healing center around a UNHCR reception point of asylum seekers, near Uganda-South Sudan border area. Even...
Creating self-reliance for both refugees and host communities, in Uganda
Whilst budgets of humanitarian agencies that are working with refugees shrink, designing ingenious ways of helping over one million displaced people...
Can briquettes solve the problem of natural resource depletion?
Over 30 refugees as well as few members of host community of Koboko district completed their training in making briquettes that...
South Sudan peace drags on. Refugees find hope in other things.
Whilst talks on South Sudan peace continue to move at a snail’s pace, in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, South Sudanese refugees...
“Risk–duty–allowances” delayed. COVID–19 front line workers go on strike.
The government of Uganda instated “risk–duty–allowances” for all front line workers fighting against the spread of COVID–19 pandemic. However, workers in...
In refugee camp, deadly fights have come back
A joint security force of Uganda Police and the Army fired live bullets to quell scuffles that led to the death...
Daily struggles of urban refugees
Refugees who choose to live in towns instead of officially recognised settlements are not considered for any support at all, and...
South Sudan’s civil war threatens the country’s fabrics
The church in South Sudan has had decades of history of immunity from attacks by armed forces. But that is increasingly...
Returnees struggling to start lives from scratches
By James Arusi
According to UNHCR’s data of November 2020, over three hundred thousand (300,000) South...