Situation in Numbers Refugees & Asylum Seekers in Uganda 112,741 of South Sudanese children affected (OPM December 16, 2015) 173,447 of affected South Sudanese people (OPM December 16, 2015) 149,164...
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Situation in Numbers Refugees & Asylum Seekers in Uganda 112,741 of South Sudanese children affected (OPM December 16, 2015) 173,447 of affected South Sudanese people (OPM December 16, 2015) 149,164...
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Executive Summary Nakivale refugee settlement, established in 1958 is the largest hosting refugee settlement in Uganda and the 8th largest in the world (UNHCR, 2014). It is located in Isingiro...
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KEY FIGURES 17,645 * Burundian refugees have been received in Uganda since November 2014 (As of 16 December, 2015) Further breakdown of the above figure: 3,204 Refugees received in Nakivale Refugee...
Average to above-average harvests expected in bimodal Uganda KEY MESSAGES In bimodal areas, harvesting of second season crops has begun. Above average rainfall from October to December, driven in...
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides...
Highlights of the week Cholera outbreak in Kampala, Busia, Wakiso, Mbale districts Guinea declared by WHO Ebola free Completeness of Reporting This week, all the 112 districts reported with average...
Suzan Ilcan, Marcia Oliver and Laura Connoy EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Increasingly, refugees residing in refugee camps are living in protracted situations for which there are no quick remedies. Existing...
KARAMOJA In general, average retail prices for maize grain, sorghum and beans were relatively stable in November compared to October 2015. Compared to the same period last year, prices for the three...
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JAE LEE Francis Kyakulaga, a district sanitation manager, and I had finished eating a meal at the ground floor restaurant of the Mwaana Hotel on the Trans-African Highway in Uganda. During the meal,...
Highlights of the week Cholera outbreak in Kampala, Busia and Mbale Districts Ugandan WHO staff awarded medals in Sierra Leone in Ebola Fight Completeness of Reporting In week 51, 67.2% was the...
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KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec 18 (UNHCR) – More than half a million people fleeing violence and human rights abuses, mostly from South Sudan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have now found...
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Margaret Akello’s Story Only a few years ago, Margaret Akello lived in a temporary camp for people displaced by conflict in Northern Uganda. Today, she runs a thriving farming business and raises...
Source: Reuters - Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:20 GMT By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Uganda is suffering a shortage of imported drugs to treat HIV victims due to a weak currency and...
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KAMPALA, 16 December 2015 – Without addressing the growing levels of disaster and climate risk, the Government of Uganda fears that 43% of the population could regress into poverty. The government is...
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Kigali, 15 December 2015 - United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) European Union (EU), United States (US) Envoys accredited to the Great Lakes region of Africa conducted a regional tour from 9-15...
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In three refugee camps in Uganda, a new network of solar-powered pumps is helping to ensure families have plenty of clean water. In the South Sudan capital of Juba, fighting has forced the price of...
Proposed Act Violates Free Association Rights (Kampala) – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda should not assent to the Nongovermental Organisations Act passed by parliament on November 27, 2015,...
1. Introduction: 1.1 Uganda recognized the cross-benefits of access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation on other MDGs, and has made substantial access increase over the last decades...