Friday, March 29, 2024

Livestock thefts around South Sudan-Uganda border area cause chaos

Cross-border raids, along South Sudan-Uganda border area, have thrown entire populations into chaos. For example, residents of Lamwo district in the...

What peace?

Even though a South Sudanese revitalized peace deal was reached and signed by representatives of almost all conflicting groups, insecurity remains...

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...

Provide capacity, not handouts

The number of people in Food Crisis in South Sudan is nearly 6.2 million as of 31 Jan 2019, according to...

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...

South Sudanese refugees are returning home. What next?

South Sudan Relief and rehabilitation Commission or SSRRC say nationals who had fled the country’s conflict are spontaneously returning. Returnees are...

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...

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...

Teacher: They tell us do what you can

Uganda’s pupil-teacher ratio is estimated at 46 as of 2016, according to United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute...

Local solutions for local problems

After insurgences, Northern region of Uganda appears peaceful. But Gender based violence is silently eating families up – and no one...

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