Creating self-reliance for both refugees and host communities, in Uganda
Whilst budgets of humanitarian agencies that are working with refugees shrink, designing ingenious ways of helping over one million displaced people...
Radio as a community builder
Syndicate (©The Niles)
For more than 21 years, refugees from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo have lived peacefully alongside...
Recent South Sudan peace deal is finally bringing hope.
There is hope following the latest peace deal in South Sudan. Near-five-year recent violent conflict had brought life close to a...
HIV/AIDS is “killing life in Palabek” refugee settlement of South Sudanese people.
Officials in Uganda’s refugee-hosting-Lamwo district suspect HIV/AIDS prevalence amongst South Sudanese refugees is on the rise. The situation is worrying, they...
Controversial Giligili piece of land likely to be settled in court
The tag of war is between Arua local government and Arua District Council. If the Local Government wins, the land would...
Land grabbing: everyone – least to the greatest, is affected.
Following widespread land grabbing in Uganda, the government has put in place commission of inquiry to probe into the matters. Justice...
Aid is difficult to get through to refugees in Uganda. Lives are at stake.
Almost all refugee settlement centers, in Uganda, are located in remote areas. Such areas are characterised by very little or non-existent,...
Violent clashes inside Rhino camp of South Sudanese people claim 2. Others are injured.
Two South Sudanese refugees are confirmed dead. Unidentified number of other refugees are left with injuries following violent clashes between two...
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...
Riots in Rhino camp have subsided. Normalcy is near, Police say.
The riots followed delays of food rations for South Sudanese refugees of Omugo in Rhino camp. The rowdy circumstances brought humanitarian...