Refugees

UN lets go of Bornwell Kantande as regional director for UNHCR after audit – Uganda refugee corruption scandal

By THE NEW HUMANITARIAN Two years after a scandal, a UN ‘separation’ in Uganda The UN’s refugee agency has “separated” from its senior official, Bornwell Kantande, who was in charge Read More

Refugees in Uganda to Get Access to Financial Services

FILE – Congolese families sit at the Kyangwali refugee settlement camp, Uganda, March 19, 2018. By VOA KAMPALA, UGANDA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Swedish Read More

U.N. refugee organization reopens corruption probe after NBC News report

Women gather to sit and chat in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwest Uganda in 2018. –CopyrightSally Hayden By Sally Hayden with NBC News World NAKIVALE, Uganda — The United Nations Read More

U.N. refugee organization reopens corruption probe after NBC News report

Women gather to sit and chat in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwest Uganda in 2018. –CopyrightSally Hayden By Sally Hayden with NBC News World NAKIVALE, Uganda — The United Nations Read More

Uganda’s War Monger Military Dictator Museveni calls on EU to provide financial support for refugee hosting

Ugandan leader calls on EU to provide financial support for refugee hosting KAMPALA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has told European Union (EU) envoys that the country Read More

AFRICA: Fresh influx of Burundians to bolster Museveni’s refugee forex earnings

A FRESH INFLUX OF BURUNDIANS TO BOLSTER MUSEVENI’S REFUGEE FOREX EARNING Uganda’s military dictator has duped both Ugandans and the international community with his so-called ‘liberal’ refugee policy. His regional Read More

FRANCE: Asylum and Immigration

Asylum and Immigration France has become the arrival point for migratory flows far greater than any previously experienced. In such a context, a law on controlled immigration, effective right of Read More

South Sudanese Refugees Transform a Camp Into a City in Uganda

FILE – An aerial view shows Bidi Bidi refugee camp, home to displaced South Sudanese families, in Yumbe district, in northern Uganda, April 5, 2017. BIDI BIDI CAMP, UGANDA (VOA Read More

More refugees from Burundi enter Uganda: UNHCR

Burundian refugees walking to Nduta refugee camp in Kigoma, northwest Tanzania, on October 7, 2015. There has been a more than normal spike in Burundian refugee arrivals in Uganda, UNHCR Read More

South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda Rising Conflict – Report

FILE – Refugees from South Sudan wait to receive treatment at the Bidibidi health center in the Northern District of Yumbe, Uganda, April 14, 2017. Report: Conflict Rising Among South Read More