The total number of refugees coming to Uganda from South Sudan has hit one million people and the UN refugee agency says that, it needs more funds to support them. The refugee agency, UNHCR say it has received only 29% of the funds required to settle refugees from South Sudan this year. UNHCR’s Assistant field officer attached […]
In a bid to increase immunity of children across the globe, Uganda is among the countries that are slowly phasing out oral polio vaccines to replace it with the new type of injectable vaccine which experts say offers extra health protection to the children. Presenting a paper on the new immunization programme, the deputy programme […]
The government of Uganda says it is constrained by the ever increasing number of refugees that continue to flock the country. The state minister for refugees and disaster preparedness Musa Ecweru says over 300,000 refugees have crossed into the country from neighboring DR Congo since July. Echweu says the refugees have not only constrained government […]
Windle Trust International: Windle Trust International is a registered UK charity based in the university city of Oxford, with offices also in Sudan, and sister organisations in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. Windle Trust International provides access to education and training for those affected by conflict in Africa. It equips talented young Africans to meet […]
Assistance for Women and Women Refugees: The International Federation of University Women is offering limited financial assistance for women and women refugees who have mostly or fully completed their university degrees, and who need further training in language or professional practices in order to find employment in their new country. Small grants are designed to […]
Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ–Uganda) is dismayed with the unfair treatment from Uganda Police against families and friends of late Charles Ingabire who wanted to express grief and solidarity against the brutal killing of Charles and other Rwandese who have succumbed to this kind of gruesome treatment. Charles IngabireRIP, the editor of the Kinyarwanda Online […]
The government of Uganda has pledged to support and protect refugees within the countries boarders. The commitment was made by the minister of state in charge of disaster preparedness Musa Ecweru during celebration to mark world refugee day that was held at old Kampala senior secondary school. Latest figures show Kampala is host to 38000 […]