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UAE, UNHCR sign US$4 million agreement for implementation of projects in Uganda
news UAE - UNHCR, 11 Nov 2017 (6 years ago )The United Arab Emirates and the UN Refugees Agency have signed a US$4 million agreement to provide emergency relief to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, indicated that the signing of the agreement marks the culmination o... -
Defying screams and gunfire, South Sudanese family flees to safety
news UNHCR, 10 Oct 2017 (6 years ago )For four days, Milly Lagu listened to the terrifying sound of gunfire and watched flames rising from neighbouring villages. On the fifth day, the fear was too much to bear. Knowing soldiers could soon come and take away her two eldest sons, Milly and her children fled the village of Opari, South ... -
UNHCR boss praises Uganda on refugees' response
news New Vision, 02 Dec 2017 (6 years ago )The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday leveled praise on Uganda’s response to the refugees whose rising numbers have put on strain on service delivery in many districts. The visiting director of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework at UNHCR in Geneva, Daniel End... -
Phone technology gives refugees in Uganda a cash lifeline
news UNHCR, 16 Oct 2017 (6 years ago )BIDIBIDI, Uganda – Brian Dinga, his sister-in-law and her six children fled their South Sudanese home in September 2016 after his brother was shot dead in fighting. They trekked across the border into Uganda and were accommodated in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Bidibidi, where they str... -
Uganda wants intl. aid to deal with influx of Burundi refugees
news PressTV, 06 Jul 2015 (8 years ago )Uganda wants intl. aid to deal with influx of Burundi refugees -
Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements was in Uganda from 14-16 November for her first visit to Africa since joining the UN Refugee Agen...
news UNHCR, 19 Nov 2015 (8 years ago )Clements was given a first-hand look at the refugee situation in Uganda, a country which is now host to more than half a million refugees. She was accompanied by Ugandan Commissioner for Refugees David Apollo Kazungu, UNHCR Africa Bureau Director Valentin Tapsoba and UNHCR Representative in Uganda ... -
Regional emergencies push Uganda's refugee hosting to breaking point
news UNHCR, 21 Dec 2015 (8 years ago )KAMPALA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) – Three emergencies in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and South Sudan have push the number of refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda to astronomical levels, forcing the east African country to look up to donors for support. Uganda is currently host to 51... -
DRC Congo violence sees surge in refugees fleeing eastwards
news UNHCR, 30 Jan 2018 (6 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by a recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is driving large numbers of Congolese to flee eastwards to neighbouring Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda. -
Thousands of DR Congo refugees escaping violence to Uganda
news Al Jazeera, 13 Apr 2018 (6 years ago )Al Jazeera travels Lake Albert, on the DR Congo-Uganda border, to meet some of the refugees who have fled violence in Congo. -
Fleeing DRC to Uganda: Africa's other refugee crisis
news Al Jazeera / by Ingebjorg Karstad, 01 Mar 2018 (6 years ago )Lake Albert has become ground zero for thousands of Congolese families escaping fierce fighting into Uganda.