Refugees
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News
Adjumani: UNHCR cuts partners’ budgets by 40 percent
ADJUMANI: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees [ UNHCR ], the lead refugee agency, has effective this year reduced funding of its partners, Medical Team International [MTI]and Windle International, all working…
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Development
Kamwenge district benefits from Shs 16bln USMID project
KAMWENGE-The Lands minister, Judith Nabakooba has launched the eight projects under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Programme [USMID] aimed at boosting social services in Kamwenge district. The Shs 16 billion USMID…
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South Sudanese refugees on spot over food and animal theft
LAMWO – Counter accusations have emerged between the South Sudanese refugees and host communities in Lamwo district over the theft of food and animals. Host communities in the district allege that the…
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East Africa
Returned South Sudanese refugees break ground at farm cooperative
JUBA-Working with a purpose, returned South Sudanese refugees hope to grow crops at sufficient scale to lift themselves and their community out of a hand-to-mouth existence of grinding poverty in one of…
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International
US co-ops get US$ 170,000 for work in low-income communities
CALIFORNIA-Five US co-ops have been awarded a total of US$ 170,000 from a fund to increase co-op development in low-income communities and communities of colour. The 2022 winners of the annual Capital…
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News
Adjumani: How sharing of land is helping refugees and host communities fight malnutrition
ADJUMANI – In a bid to end malnutrition among refugees and host communities, especially among children below five years in Adjumani district, landlords are donating land for communal farming to scale up…
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New South Sudanese refugees incite violence in Lamwo Refugee Settlement
LAMWO – The new refugees arriving from South Sudan are on the spot for inciting violence in Lamwo settlement, according to the leaders within the camp. The leaders say the new refugees…
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News
33, 000 diagnosed with cancer every year in Uganda
KAMPALA– 33, 000 Ugandans are diagnosed with cancer every year, according to Uganda Cancer Institute [UCI], which warns that 21, 300 of the total number of patients diagnosed with the disease die…
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Health
WHO report shows poorer health outcomes for many vulnerable refugees and migrants
GENEVA– Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are…
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News
Govt signs two grant agreements with Netherlands
KAMPALA– Government on Thursday signed two grant agreements with the Kingdom of the King Netherlands at the ceremony that took place at the Ministry of Finance headquarters in Kampala. The first agreement…
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