Tag Archives: refugees

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Sexual and Reproductive Health Services remain inaccessible for an estimated six million people in the country.  A number of these are persons with visual challenges, hearing impairments, the physically handicapped and refugees, among others.   A group or researchers has challenged the government and policy makers …

Birao, Central African Republic | AFP | A heavy silence hangs in the dusty alleys of Birao, in the extreme northeast of Central African Republic, where figures only rarely wander between the empty houses and reed hedges. Since September, Birao has been hit hard by fighting between armed groups despite a …

Birao, Central African Republic | AFP |  A heavy silence hangs in the dusty alleys of Birao, in the extreme northeast of Central African Republic, where figures only rarely wander between the empty houses and reed hedges. Since September, Birao has been hit hard by fighting between armed groups despite a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Government of Uganda through National Water and Sewerage Corporation has taken over piped water supply operations in Rwamwanje-Kamwenge district. This follows the signing of an MoU between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and NWSC to provide reliable water supply to over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The 3rd Deputy Chairperson of the Women Caucus at the Pan African Parliament, Anifa Kawooya, has called for the follow up and implementation of the numerous laws and resolutions passed by national assemblies and conferences that are geared towards the respect of women’s rights. Kawooya, who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) yesterday evening suspended all SIM card registration for refugees. According to a press statement by the commission UCC has suspended sim card registration with the use of Refugee cards and Attestation letters from the Office of the Prime Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More refugees are expected to enter Uganda following fresh tribal clashes between the lendu and the Bagegere in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Musa Ecweru, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and refugees said they have received information from their counterparts in DRC that …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | A group of 66 African refugees and asylum-seekers have arrived in Kigali from Libya, the UN said, the first in what could be thousands of people being helped to flee the conflict-torn country. The move follows a pledge by President Paul Kagame in 2017 to …

Mongoumba, Central African Republic | AFP | Under the tarpaulin shading the back of the lorry, the heat is still stifling on a rough road for some 30 refugees travelling home to the strife-weary Central African Republic. Potholes rattle spines and send up fine grit that sticks to the sweaty bodies …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government plan to suspend the mass recognition of asylum seekers has been received with mixed reactions among refugees and asylum seekers in Blue room and Buwanika villages in Old Kampala. Many of them believe that the move will be used to curtail the …