Katende Gordon, who owns rental houses in Kansanga, blames real estate brokers for the rent increases. The landlord says he used to charge fair prices to both Ugandans and refugees, but all that ...
On a recent Saturday morning, as the sun emerged from a thin veil of clouds, a cheerful chorus of female voices rang out across the rolling hills of the Rwamwanja refugee settlement in Uganda’s ...
As soon as one reaches Yumbe district in West Nile, sounds of construction fill the air, a chorus of hope and determination.
KAMAPALA, Uganda – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi today praised Uganda’s continued commitment to hosting refugees and called for greater global support for the country’s ...
NAKIVALE, Uganda — Enock Twagirayesu was seeking sanctuary when he and his family fled violence in Burundi, and they found it in Uganda, the small East African nation that has absorbed thousands of ...
RWAMWANJA, Uganda — For months, Agnes Bulaba, a Congolese refugee in Uganda, has had to get by without the food rations she once depended on. Her children scavenge among local communities for whatever ...
When you step into Judith Nzale's backyard, you're greeted by a vibrant leafy garden filled with cabbages, lettuce, basil, leeks, onions, tomatoes, lemongrass, and many other indigenous vegetables and ...
At 17 years old, Patrick was forced to leave his home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His city suffered multiple attacks from rebel groups, and he fled to Uganda with his younger brother, ...
Uganda’s role as a co-convenor of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva this week should raise urgent questions about the interests behind its much-lauded open-door refugee policy. Kampala—“I’m barely ...
LAKE NAKIVALE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nyirahubinka Maria, a Congolese refugee and mother of two, lives in "New Congo", the oldest and largest of 86 small villages scattered over the ...