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Security at the Uganda DRC border districts of Bundibugyo and Ntoroko have been beefed up in recent developments. The reason for this is to hinder Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels from crossing into Uganda to cause unrest. This development comes after a Sunday night attack by suspected ADF rebels in Eastern DR Congo.The incident happened in Kichanga, Watalinga County inside ...

Tanzanian authorities are seeking for help to repatriate over 120,000 Burundian refugees who currently live in two camps. One of the camps is in western Tanzania’s Kigoma region near the Burundi border. Humanitarians have said that conditions at the camp are better than conditions at home. This comes with allegations by rights groups and the UN that Burundian refugees have ...

Members of the Afghanistan national girls football team have fled across the border into Pakistani dressed in burqas. This has happened a month after the hardline Taliban swept back into power according to officials from the country. Last month, the group of junior players and their coaches and families had tried to escape the country but in vain. A devastating ...

MTN Uganda, UNHCR donated solar fridges which have significantly aided vaccination in refugee communities. Incidences of vaccines getting destroyed due to lack of refrigeration were common at the health center that has operated since 2016. These donations have, however, turned the situation around. Amos Asiku is the facility in-charge at Bidibidi health centre III in Northern Uganda. He says a ...

The government of Japan has contributed $10 million (about Shs 35.9 billion) to UN agencies to support emergency response to South Sudanese refugees and their host communities in northern Uganda. Check also: Uganda Is Increasingly Welcoming (Refugee) Especially S.Sudanese $4 million has been provided to UNHCR, $3 million to UNICEF and another $3 million to UN World Food Programme (WFP) according ...