Majority of these blankets on sale, in a market in Uganda’s town of Arua, are specifically given to refugees as non-food-item handouts. Some (refugees) usually choose to sell them to business people. Picture by Ochan Hannington | 06 May 2019
Experts warn many more refugees are likely to get wasted as drug abuse in the refugee settlements of South Sudanese, located in Northern Uganda, is becoming a common phenomenon. They say many lives have been wasted due to consumption of uncontrolled locally brewed alcohol. Juma Idris Khemis compiled this report.
