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Class distinctions for urban refugee girls in Uganda
11 Jul 2005 Top refugee students in Kampala have received awards from UNHCR, which funds the education of 80 young refugees - especially girls and disabled children - in the Ugandan capital. Many come from widow-headed households and don't enjoy as many benefits as refugees in settlements in the north and west. -
Do more to translate peace deal into reality in South Sudan, urges Guterres
21 Jun 2005 High Commissioner António Guterres told recently displaced refugees from South Sudan today that the international community must do more to translate a peace agreement for the region into reality. -
High Commissioner Guterres marks World Refugee Day in Uganda
20 Jun 2005 On his first mission with UNHCR, High Commissioner António Guterres spent World Refugee Day with refugees in northern Uganda. He took the opportunity to thank the government for its generosity towards refugees, and appealed to donor countries to increase support for Africa. -
Uganda: Looking in the eye of a conflict zone
17 Jun 2005 On his first mission with UNHCR, High Commissioner António Guterres is travelling next week to Uganda - home to Sudanese, Congolese and Rwandan refugees, and internally displaced Ugandans. A glimpse at Madi Okollo settlement reveals some of the issues at stake. -
Ugandan settlement struggles to accommodate new arrivals from DRC
25 Feb 2005 Refugees in the Kyaka II settlement in Uganda have rallied to help UNHCR and other aid agencies accommodate thousands of their compatriots who have recently arrived from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR providing emergency aid for desperate Congolese refugees
19 Jan 2005 The refugee agency is organizing the distribution of vital relief items and emergency assistance to more than 10,000 Congolese refugees just arrived into Uganda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One of UNHCR's priorities is to ensure the safety of the refugees and to move them away from the border area. -
Nearly 20,000 refugees flee eastern Congo for Uganda
14 Jan 2005 More than 19,000 Congolese refugees - many in poor health - have fled ethnic clashes in eastern DRC. The UN refugee agency is preparing to move many of them to settlements further inland, where they can receive medical care, food and shelter. -
Sudanese influx could overstretch Uganda's resources, warns UNHCR
19 Nov 2004 In the last month alone, some 3,200 refugees have fled south Sudan and arrived in northern Uganda, a country already hosting the largest concentration of south Sudan's refugees in Africa. -
Refugee kids continue lessons in Uganda's schools
9 Aug 2004 Education does not end with exile. In fact, it starts in exile for many of the over 65,000 primary school-aged refugee children in northern Uganda. Even after they have been displaced by Uganda's own civil conflict, these refugee kids are given access to free primary education alongside local students.