Uganda

Summary

GENEVA, 5 July 2005 - The Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council calls on G8 leaders not to overlook the plight of Africa's internally displaced people in their plans to fight poverty on the continent. More than 13 million people have been uprooted within their own countries by conflicts in Africa. Unable to return to their homes, land and jobs, most of them live in extreme destitution and under constant threat of human rights abuses.

Executive Summary

Increased international attention has yet to produce signs of an end to one of the world's most brutal humanitarian crises, which has displaced 1.6 million people in northern Uganda. The rebellion by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which kidnaps children, brutalises them, and sends them out to slaughter their friends and relatives, has been going on for 18 years. Some 28,000 children have been abducted, nearly half of them in the two years up to May 2004.

GENEVA, 6 July 2004 - Although the international community has begun to increase its attention to the brutal conflict ravaging northern Uganda, hundreds of people have been massacred and more than 200,000 fled their homes during the recent spate of attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), says a report published by the Norwegian Refugee Council's Global IDP Project today.

This summary outlines the main findings of the newly updated country profile on internal displacement in Uganda. The profile was prepared by the Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which monitors and analyses internal displacement in over 50 countries worldwide. The full country profile is available from the Project's Database (www.idpproject.org), or upon request by e-mail (idpproject@nrc.ch).

GENEVA, 18 December 2003 - Uganda's donors should insist that the government protect the 1.4 million internally displaced people, or IDPs, who have been uprooted by the fighting between government forces and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army in the north of the country, concludes a report published by the Norwegian Refugee Council's Global IDP Project today.

Uganda's 17-year civil conflict entered a new phase in mid 2002 when the Ugandan army launched Operation Iron Fist and entered southern Sudan with the objective of finally wiping out the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Uganda. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or the complete profile can be sent to you by e-mail on request (idpsurvey@nrc.ch).

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Uganda. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.orgor the complete profile can be sent to you by e-mail on request (idpsurvey@nrc.ch).

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Uganda. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org , or the complete profile can be sent to you by e-mail on request (idpsurvey@nrc.ch).

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now released an updated country profile on internal displacement in Uganda. A summary is presented below. The Database and the Uganda profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or the complete profile can be sent to you by e-mail on request (andreas.danevad@nrc.ch).

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Uganda. A brief summary is presented below. The complete profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org or sent to you by e-mail on request (idpsurvey@nrc.ch).