Coronavirus: Disturbing cross border travels amidst lockdown
Authorities in Northern Uganda blame cross border travels, during countrywide lockdown, on populations living along porous South Sudan-Uganda border area. They...
Refugees tempted to getting more aid dubiously as UNHCR records newborns, new arrivals
UNHCR usually include new refugees into their records. Such refugees are normally new–born babies plus spontaneous new arrivals in...
We get to school as early as 3am – students.
New year is a reminder of new school term, in East Africa. In Bidibidi refugee settlement, which is located in Northern...
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...
Can sport bring complete harmony?
UN agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR,) in Uganda, together with the Office of the Prime Minister, Embassy of...
South Sudan’s Independence Day comes and passes unnoticed
Yesterday, July 9 marked eight years of South Sudan’s Independence, after splitting from Sudan. Unlike in the past, this independence day...
Refugee inflow into Uganda turns into environmental disaster.
With the inflow of South Sudanese people, majorly, into Northern districts of Uganda seeking refuge, the populations quickly rose exorbitantly. They...
Uganda religious leaders visit South Sudan’s fighting parties for talks
After going through their own dark days of insurgencies of Lord’s Resistance Army led by notorious Joseph Kony for two decades,...
Refugees and Uganda politics
Uganda government officials warn South Sudanese refugees, living in various refugee settlements to refrain from involving themselves in the local politics....
Refugees in Uganda can hardly access justice.
Many South Sudanese, who poured into Northern districts of Uganda where they sought safety, after fleeing violent conflict, get entangled in...