Increasing unemployment push citizens into tricky business
Some jobs are in men–dominated fields, meaning women can hardly take them up. One example of such occupations is boda-boda. Boda-boda...
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...
CORDAID donates over 700 million shillings for enhanced community Resilience and natural hazard project...
caritas
Arua diocese has received nearly 797 million from Cordaid as the Catholic
Organization for Relief and Development Aid to carry...
Coronavirus: Refugees finally receive their free face masks
In effort to fight against coronavirus pandemic, the government of Uganda distributed free face masks to its citizens. However, refugees as...
‘Beled ‘na awel’, meaning our country (South Sudan) come first – refugee youth leader.
Upon outbreak of the first wave of recent South Sudan’s violent conflict, in 2013, a-24-year old John Jal Adek fled the...
Responding to issues of climate change needs a combined effort, officials say.
Melting ice, scorching sun heat, floods among others are a result of dramatic changing weather patterns. Such issues related to climatic...
Bidibidi on the brink of a catastrophe, amid limited resources
One of the world’s largest refugee settlements, Bidibidi, is facing acute lack of water. The populations say their problems are exacerbated...
Members of parliament want to amend refugee law of Uganda.
Uganda is regarded to have the best refugee law, in Africa. It was passed in 2006, and immediately the Act came...
Coronavirus (COVID–19): What you need to know across refugee settlements
Underage pregnancies have become the talk of the town. National media is broadcasting such news almost everyday. Refugees; especially leaders, living...
South Sudan’s future from a young woman’s perspective.
Since 2013, South Sudan’s conflict is literally still at large in some parts of the country – and for many hopes...