Tag Archives: UNHCR

Imvepi settlement on the Uganda-South Sudanese border puts UNHCR to the test Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In the mid-morning of July 30, Col. Lam Paul Gabriel, the deputy Spokesperson of the SPLA-IO, one of the rebel movements wedging war against Salva Kiir’s government in South Sudan, sat under the …

    Kampala, Uganda –  The United States has once again demonstrated its ongoing commitment to providing life-saving assistance to those affected by conflict worldwide with a pledge of nearly $639 million in additional humanitarian assistance. Upon the conclusion of the G20 summit in Germany, and following the June 23 …

Why President told world leaders not to undervalue his hospitality Kampala, Uganda |Ronald Musoke| When President Yoweri Museveni successfully convened a meeting of world leaders in Kampala for the first ever UN-backed Refugee Solidarity Summit on June 22-23, his mission was half accomplished. Top on the summit agenda was how …

  Uganda receives most new refugees worldwide, new displacement figures show  Oslo, Norway| NRC | The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council has called for worldwide support for Uganda that received the largest number of new refugees last year of more than half a million people. “The system protecting refugees will …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  About 32,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan since the start of the year, with tens of thousands more expected to arrive fleeing a famine in their country, the UN refugee agency said Sunday. On Monday, South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation formed after splitting from …

UNHCR to expand cash-based assistance to vulnerable refugees after study in Uganda shows benefits to local economies Uganda has for a long time been praised for the way it treats refugees. While many countries keep refugees in camps away from citizens, the Uganda government has for decades allowed refugees to …

Kenya: IT Project Manager Nairobi, Kenya UN High Commissioner for Refugees Closing Date : 2016-11-06 Duty Station : Nairobi, Kenya Organization: UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR collects, analyses and publishes data on refugees and asylum seekers. It publishes this data externally on individual data portals that provide data and …

UNHCR, African host countries agree on final steps to resolve Rwandan refugee situation UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and delegations from African countries as well as the African Union, have agreed on the final steps to end the protracted Rwandan refugee situation after seven years of negotiations. This was at …

The United Nation’s refugee agency UNHCR has flown over 100 tonnes of emergency relief items to Uganda to help thousands of refugees fleeing violence and human rights violations in South Sudan. The shipment contained thousands of mosquito nets, sleeping mats, plastic sheeting, kitchen sets and solar lights, which are set to …

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for refugees has called for greater international attention to the plight of South Sudanese refugees fleeing insecurity to South Sudan’s neighbours. As he concluded his two-day visit to Uganda which was intended to assess the situation on the ground, Grandi appealed Wednesday to the leaders …