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Number of Kenyan refugees in Uganda rises to 12,000
5 Feb 2008 A UNHCR emergency team deploys in south-east Uganda where the number of Kenyan refugees has risen to 12,000. -
UNHCR concerned about latest violence in Kenya's Rift Valley
29 Jan 2008 UNHCR concerned about the worsening security situation in western Kenya's Rift Valley Province; insecurity hampers aid distribution. -
UNHCR relocates Kenyan refugees in Uganda
23 Jan 2008 UNHCR begins relocating some 6,500 Kenyan refugees away from border areas in south-east Uganda to a transit centre some 35 kilometres inland. -
Congolese refugees in Uganda prepare to move
11 Dec 2007 Congolese refugees who fled to Uganda from North Kivu province face transfer to a settlement far from the border. -
Uganda: Across the airwaves comes reassurance to go home
29 Oct 2007 Two decades after fighting drove them from their homes, more than half-a-million displaced Ugandans have plucked up the courage to come home, spurred by UNHCR radio. -
Thousands flee into Uganda to escape North Kivu fighting
23 Oct 2007 The latest escalation in fighting in North Kivu province of the DRC has forced thousands more people to flee southwards towards Goma and across the border into Uganda. -
Uganda's IDP camps start to close as peace takes hold
11 Sep 2007 The first two of 40 camps for internally displace persons in Uganda's Lango Region closed on Tuesday, a milestone in the return to peace after a war that at one point had driven more than 1.8 million Ugandans from their homes. -
Tens of thousands of Congolese seek shelter in Uganda border town
7 Sep 2007 Some 25,000 to 35,000 Congolese refugees have been sheltering at night in the Ugandan border town of Bunagana to escape fighting in the DRC's North Kivu. Meanwhile, UNHCR staff in North Kivu reported that thousands of Congolese had fled the town of Sake and its surroundings. -
Sudanese repatriation from Uganda gathers pace
17 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency has stepped up the pace of Sudanese refugee returns from Uganda by opening a major new return corridor to Eastern Equatoria state in Sudan.