Refugees ‘give back to community’
A group of refugees from both DR Congo and South Sudan, living in Uganda’s Koboko town cleaned the district’s main hospital...
A “final” South Sudan power-sharing and cease-fire agreement signed.
South Sudan government, led by president Salva Kiir, has signed a “final” agreement to end five-year brutal war with its opponents....
NIRA encourages refugees to embrace civil registration
The
National Identification Registration Authority or NIRA, a body in Uganda tasked
with registration of all infants has encouraged the South...
Energy: New alternatives
93% of refugee and host community households depend on wood as source of fuel for making a hot meal, according to...
Cash grant a revolution for refugee persons with special needs or PSN
Scores
of persons with special needs (PSN) equating to over 1,400 are languishing in the
refugee camps as efforts to meet...
Renewed fighting in Yei threaten another influx of refugees into Uganda.
Yei's security is threatened by renewed fighting, reportedly, between forces allied to General Thomas Cirillo Swaka of National Salvation Front and...
A struggle to boost food security in Bidibidi refugee settlement
Some refugees and members of refugees-host community of Uganda’s largest refugee settlement, Bidibidi, are supported to produce their own food. UNHCR,...
Can football bring peaceful coexistence in South Sudanese refugee settlement areas?
Local football club, Onduparaka FC, and The Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVSI) have initiated a-three-year ‘football for peace’ partnership....
Overcoming gender prejudices: Woman takes up position as bus conductress, challenging traditions.
By Aol Nancy, MiCT
In most Ugandan traditions and South Sudanese cultures alike, women and men...
From home to exile: Uprooted Kajo-keji Health Training Institute moves to serving refugees
By Hafiz Bakhit, Arua One Fm
Often when we hear about displacement and relocation due to...