Are women and girls in refugee settlements easy prey to criminals?
UN High Commissioner for Refugees report indicates over 800 crimes were reported in refugee settlements in West Nile, between January and...
Sport activities encourage peaceful coexistence – a South Sudan’s minister.
For many South Sudanese, the country’s revitalized peace agreement is coming rather too slow. Majorities are seemingly waiting on peace to...
Can Uganda achieve the target of ending HIV/AIDS by 2030?
Uganda has made tremendous efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to the Ministry of Health. The ministry estimates AIDS related...
South Sudan’s forests under attack, too
The civil war in South Sudan has just not displaced citizens, caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and destruction of property;...
Arua health sector grapples with shortages of medical supplies.
Medical supplies allocated to Arua main health facilities run out long before the appointed time has come – leaving many patients...
‘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...
Families languishing in Protection of Civilians Sites describe conditions as horrifying
By April 30, 2019 the UN Migration Agency (IOM) estimated the number of Internally Displaced People, across South Sudan’s nearly 2...
Can performing arts provide therapy?
In absence of adequate counselling services, some groups of Youth in Rhino settlement of South Sudanese refugees are engaged in performing...
A ‘Youth Skills Development Centre’ opens, in Rhino settlement of refugees
Majority of South Sudanese refugee youths, living in various settlements across Northern Uganda, spend huge amounts of their time doing nothing....
Cash handouts replaces food rations. Lack of food remains at large, in various settlements.
South Sudanese refugees, living in various refugee settlements in Northern Uganda, complain cash handouts they receive have not alleviated the problem...