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01 Aug 2002

Uganda
Canadian Physicians to provide emergency assistance for war-displaced people of Gulu, Uganda

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— Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief
TORONTO, ONT. Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) is to provide emergency food aid for families displaced by the renewed violent conflict in Northern Uganda. CPAR is preparing a major emergency food-aid program to address the immediate needs of 180,000 displaced people. They are also appealing to the Canadian public for help with essential household items, such as blankets and cooking utensils, for these families.
CPAR is currently working in the Gulu district with landmine victims and abducted child soldiers and is cooperating
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31 Jul 2002

Uganda
Uganda: Affected Populations by District, Refugees and Internally Displaced (July 2002)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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31 Jul 2002

Burundi + 4 others
Great Lakes Region: Affected Populations, Refugees and Internally Displaced (July 2002)

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31 Jul 2002

Angola + 10 others
JRS Dispatches No. 116

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— Jesuit Refugee Service
(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 116)
Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office

REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS

REFUGEE SITUATION IN KENYA

With the general elections in Kenya scheduled for the end of the year, the refugees are once again suffering the consequences of "election fever" reports JRS in Kenya. The last couple of months have seen the harassment and arrest of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers in Nairobi - anti refugee sentiments fuelled by local politicians,

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31 Jul 2002

Burundi + 2 others
Burundi: Vice-President assured on ceasefire talks date

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— IRIN
NAIROBI, 31 July (IRIN) - Burundian Vice-President Domitien Ndayizeye said on Tuesday that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni had assured him that ceasefire talks with two Hutu rebels groups would take place as scheduled.
"He confirmed 6 August as the date when negotiations should begin and last for about three weeks," Ndayizeye said on state-owned Radio Burundi. "He also confirmed that the heads of state summit would be organised for the first week of September."

Ndayizeye was speaking just hours after

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31 Jul 2002

Burundi + 5 others
Affected Populations in the Great Lakes Region as of 31 Jul 2002

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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AFFECTED POPULATIONS SUMMARY

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IDPs
REFUGEES
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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31 Jul 2002

Uganda + 2 others
Refugee Law Project Working Paper No. 6 - Refugees in the city: Status determination, resettlement and the changing nature of forced migration in Uganda

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— Refugee Law Project
REPORT SUMMARY
This Working Paper documents the policies and procedures that affect asylum seekers and refugees living in Kampala -- the political and economic capital of Uganda -- by examining two key phenomena that draw them to an urban centre: first, achieving refugee status and, second, seeking resettlement to third countries. These concerns coincide with the three issues most often brought to the attention of the Refugee Law Project's Legal Aid Clinic by its clients: humanitarian assistance, refugee status determination and resettlement. Findings indicate that the
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31 Jul 2002

Uganda
Uganda: Focusing on older refugees

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— Forced Migration Review, University of Oxford
Forced Migration Review No. 14 - Older displaced people: at the back of the queue? (Extract)
by Linnie Kesselly
The continent of Africa - and the country of Uganda in particular with its large number of people affected by HIV/AIDS - presents a particular case when it comes to the role of older people within their communities. In Africa, it is frequently older people who are left to nurse their own dying children and then to take care of their orphaned grandchildren.

In Uganda, the total number of older refugees is 3,536, out of which 1,728 are female; they make up 1.9% of

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30 Jul 2002

Sudan + 1 other
Rebels attack northern Ugandan town, abduct 40 people

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— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, July 30 (AFP) - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels Tuesday raided the northern Ugandan town of Gulu, abducting 40 people, looting property and torching houses, official sources said.

"The rebels attacked Pece, just in the heart of the town, on Tuesday morning and abducted 40 people, but when the army went in hot pursuit, the rebels abandonned 20 of the abductees and dropped some of the looted merchandise," Gulu district local council chairman Walter Ochola confirmed.

"They attacked at around 3:30 am

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30 Jul 2002

Sudan + 1 other
Ugandan rebels kill 16 villagers, wound 13 civilians in ambush

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— Pan African News Agency
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Rebels of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) on Monday fired a hail of bullets on a passenger bus in Northern Uganda, seriously wounding 13 passengers as the driver sped through the unanticipated gunfire, officials said Tuesday.
Alick Mawa, operations manager the Kampala-based Nile Coaches Bus revealed that "rebels showered one of their coach buses -- heading to Nebbi town, 540km north-west of Kampala -- with bullets from its rear shortly after crossing the Ayago bridge."

About 100 heavily armed LRA rebels ambushed

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30 Jul 2002

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 6 others
Fact file on Democratic Republic of Congo

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— Agence France-Presse
KINSHASA, July 30 (AFP) - President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday signed a peace agreement with neighbouring Rwanda, aimed at ending four years of war in the vast African state.
GEOGRAPHY: The biggest country in central Africa, stretching over an area of 2,345,000 square kilometers (938,000 miles), DR Congo is almost entirely landlocked and is equivalent in area to western Europe, excluding Scandinavia.

It is bordered by the Central African Republic and Sudan to the north, by Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania

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29 Jul 2002

Sudan + 1 other
Sudan: Bashir, Garang meet for first time

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— IRIN
NAIROBI, 29 July (IRIN) - Sudanese President Umar Hasan al-Bashir and southern rebel leader, John Garang, on Saturday held their first ever face-to-face meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala, and endorsed the recent signing of a framework peace deal.
A communique issued by the Ugandan government said Bashir and Garang "applauded the breakthrough" and "undertook to ensure that all efforts are deployed to resolve outstanding issues".

Siraj al-Din Hamid, the Sudanese charge d'affaires in Kampala, told IRIN on Monday that the two leaders would have

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28 Jul 2002

Sudan + 1 other
Ugandan army, LRA rebels clash in Gulu town

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— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, July 28 (AFP) - Rebels from the notoriously brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) clashed Sunday with Ugandan army soldiers near the northern town of Gulu, a military spokesman said.

"We were ready for them and repulsed them successfully. Our fire was too much for them that they dropped most of the looted items," said Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda.

He said the LRA fighters had raided Laliya and Kadedo-Opong suburbs of Gulu, near the region's main army barracks, and were looting shops when the army confronted them.

"We injured many of them judging

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27 Jul 2002

Uganda + 1 other
Uganda and Sudan agree to step border security

Report
— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, July 27 (AFP) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir agreed Saturday to step up security along their border to stem cross-border raids by Ugandan rebels.
The two leaders "agreed to continue developing their current cooperation for the mutual benefit of their countries," said a joint communique issued after Beshir's two-day visit to Uganda.

"In particular, they recommitted themselves to work together towards total peace and security along their common border and its environs," the communique said.

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26 Jul 2002

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 6 others
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 133 covering the period 20 - 26 Jul 2002

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
DRC: Mt Nuamuragira volcano erupts

There appears to be no immediate threat to residents near Mt Nuamuragira in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after it erupted on Thursday, spewing lava to the north towards the towns of Sake and Tonga, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported. "There is no immediate threat to Goma, and the roads are not cut," Sylvie Dossou, an OCHA humanitarian

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26 Jul 2002

Uganda + 1 other
Uganda: Northern rebels kill 42

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— IRIN
NAIROBI, 26 July (IRIN) - Members of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) killed 42 civilians with machetes and knives on Thursday morning in a village near the northern town of Kitgum, Ugandan army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza told IRIN on Friday.
The attackers had killed the most vulnerable people in the village, such as children and the elderly, who were unable to run away, Bantariza said, while numerous others had fled the scene.

"We are encouraging people to go to trading centres or towns where we can protect them," he added.

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26 Jul 2002

Afghanistan + 13 others
Report on the nutrition situation of refugees and displaced populations - Issue No. 38

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— UN Standing Committee on Nutrition
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Eritrea The situation in Eritrea is precarious as a result of the continuing effect of an ongoing drought that is threatening food security at the country level. The country is also still suffering the effects of the war with Ethiopia and much work needs to be done to reintegrate fighters and rehabilitate much of the land and infrastructure in war affected areas. This has left a great deal of people acutely vulnerable and suffering from chronic food insecurity. It is concerning to note that humanitarian activities remains acutely under funded.
Somalia The overall humanitarian
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26 Jul 2002

Sudan + 1 other
Death toll in Ugandan rebel massacre rises to 50

Report
— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, July 26 (AFP) - The death toll in a rebel massacre of civilians in northern Uganda rose to 50 on Friday after eight more bodies were found, the defence minister said.

The killings were carried out by some 100 attackers believed to be fighters of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Akol village of Kitgum district in the early hours of Thursday.

"It has now been confirmed that the death toll is now 50," Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi told AFP by telephone.

The rebels had used spears and machetes

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26 Jul 2002

Burundi + 6 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information 133 pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

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— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires (OCHA)
Réseaux d'Information Régionaux Intégré (IRIN)
(du 20 au 26 juillet 2002)

=C0 LIRE éGALEMENT:

KENYA: Le point sur les défis dans le domaine de l'éducation, sur http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID(938

RDC: Le point sur le projet d'accord de paix, sur http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID(993

RDC: éruption du volcan Nuamuragira

Le volcan Nuamuragira, dans l'est de

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25 Jul 2002

Sudan + 1 other
Sudanese President expected in Uganda for talks with Museveni

Report
— Agence France-Presse
KAMPALA, July 25 (AFP) - Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir is due in Kampala Friday for a two-day visit, including talks on bilateral and regional issues with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, officials said on Thursday.

"They will discuss matters of mutual interest including IGAD (the east African Intergovernmental Authority on Development) issues and Somalia," Bakayana Kityo, the permanent secretary in the Ugandan foreign affairs ministry, told AFP.

IGAD, a seven-nation regional body, is trying to end civil war in Sudan, where rebels have been fighting for 19

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