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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. -
Congolese refugees brave rough roads, river on way home to Equateur province
28 Apr 2005 A first group of refugees have gone home from the Republic of Congo to Equateur province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in what has been called "one of the most logistically challenging major refugee voluntary repatriation programmes" ever launched by the UN refugee agency. -
Refugees from Angola's Cabinda enclave cautious about returning
7 Mar 2005 Refugee leaders who fled Angola's oil-rich enclave of Cabinda during the separatist conflict recently went back home on a "go-and-see" visit to assess whether conditions were suitable for them to return. But after a three-day trip, the leaders said they would be reluctant to return unless conditions improved. -
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. -
Sudanese women seek to bring democracy back up the river
5 Aug 2004 As peace edges closer in southern Sudan, refugee women in Uganda wonder if the democratic freedoms - education, decision-making powers - they enjoy under UNHCR's protection will continue when they return to Sudan.