Can ‘Peace clubs’ solve conflicts in settlements of refugees?
Northern region of Uganda is home to over 800,000 refugees. Almost all refugees in the region come from South Sudan. They...
Creating livelihood in foreign land
As humanitarian assistance continue to decrease, refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda are encouraged to initiate their own livelihoods. Many have...
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...
How drug abuse is wasting refugees in Uganda
Experts warn many more refugees are likely to get wasted as drug abuse in the refugee settlements of South Sudanese, located...
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...
Lack of resources a threat to coexistence between refugee and host communities.
Shrinking resources such as water and grasslands is posing a threat to coexistence between refugee and host communities, in Northern Uganda....
Compensation for Ugandan traders, in South Sudan
Article by Spirit FM
The Government of South Sudan put in place a committee of officers to verify exact number of Ugandan...
Coronavirus: Dilapidating state of sample collection room worries health workers
Health workers along the South Sudan Uganda border
of Oraba in Koboko district have expressed their concern over the dilapidating
state...
Coronavirus: face masks for all
In an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, the government of Uganda embarked on distribution of free face masks to...
3 months on, refugees-verification-exercise is a success, officials say.
OPM-UNHCR on-going biometric verification exercise, which is established with the aim of ascertaining the exact number of refugees in Uganda, is...