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Sudanese refugees struggle to cope at new settlements in Uganda
3 Oct 2003 The UN refugee agency has run out of money to help thousands of Sudanese refugees displaced repeatedly by conflicts at home and in their host country, Uganda. Recently transferred to new settlements in northern Uganda, these refugees are in urgent need of water, mosquito nets, health care and education. -
Transfer of Sudanese between Ugandan camps now proceeding calmly
8 Sep 2003 More than half the 16,000 Sudanese refugees scheduled to be relocated from an overcrowded camp in western Uganda have now been successfully transported to new camps in the north of the country, after violent scenes marred the start of the government-run operation on September 1. -
Sudanese refugees in Uganda arrive in new home after rocky start
2 Sep 2003 Sudanese refugees in Uganda arrive in new home after rocky start. The first of some 15,000 Sudanese refugees to be relocated from central Uganda's Kiryandongo camp have arrived in their new home in the north after a rocky start to the relocation operation. -
Last group of Kenyan exiles return home from Uganda
29 Aug 2003 More than 100 former dissidents who fled to Uganda under Kenya's previous government have returned home to a new political era. They received relief items from the UN refugee agency to help them settle back into life in their homeland. -
Sudanese refugees mull over peace talks at home
8 Aug 2003 Peace talks in Sudan, set to resume on August 10, could eventually pave the way home for hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees. But while UNHCR and the other UN agencies prepare a contingency plan for possible returns, the mood is not hopeful among many Sudanese refugees in Uganda's camps. -
Hundreds of Congolese refugees in Uganda move to inland settlement
6 Aug 2003 The UN refugee agency has been urging Congolese refugees in overcrowded Ugandan villages along Lake Albert to relocate to Kyaka II settlement, where they will receive assistance like food, shelter, health care, schools and farmland. Hundreds have moved or are due to move there in recent weeks. -
New agreement helps Rwandan refugees in Uganda to go home
25 Jul 2003 Some 25,000 Rwandan refugees in Uganda now have the option of repatriation, thanks to a new agreement on voluntary returns signed between the UN refugee agency and the governments of Rwanda and Uganda. -
Feature: Sudanese refugees running out of options in Ugandan camp
27 Jun 2003 Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda's Maaji settlement are caught in a precarious position - repeatedly attacked and displaced by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, yet unable to go home until peace has returned to Sudan. -
UNHCR starts moving recent Congolese refugees in Uganda
6 Jun 2003 Under a joint relocation operation by the UN refugee agency and the Ugandan government, a first group of 23 Congolese refugees who recently fled fighting in Ituri district have been transferred to an existing camp in Uganda to consolidate assistance for the new arrivals.