Minister blocks meeting on South Sudan refugee crisis
WEST NILE. Junior Internal Affairs minister Mario Obiga Kania on Friday blocked a regional meeting that was meant to discuss the refugee crisis in West...
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Uganda moves to expel Burundian refugees
Ugandan will send home at least 46,000 refugees from Burundi following a request from its government. Burundian officials maintain that the country is now safe...
Uganda seek international assistance as refugee crisis bites hard
Uganda has started to feel the pinch of hosting an influx of refugees amid acute funding pressures and says international support is urgently needed to...
Wary Somali refugees pack for trip to US … again
When Aden Bare Farah, 23, first boarded a bus taking him away from the bleak rows of dust-coloured tents where he was born and raised...
More than 52,000 flee South Sudan fighting in one month: UN
UNITED NATIONS More than 52,000 South Sudanese fled to Uganda in January alone as continued fighting risks creating a situation of mass atrocities, the UN’s...
somalia: Somali Refugees Stranded in Kenya After Trump Ban
Somali refugees living in camps in Kenya are in limbo because of US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Among them is Ahmed who has been...
OPINION: The Tragedy of “South Sudan”
by Razen Dachuben It is synonymous with the tragedy of Africa. It must be a contagious disease afflicting our Dear Africa. Where did we go...
Torn between army and rebels, S.Sudan refugees speak out
Yumbe, Uganda – South Sudanese refugees in Uganda have described being forced to flee soaring ethnic violence at the hands of the South Sudanese army...
EXCLUSIVE: Returning Somali refugees feel trapped, betrayed by UNHCR
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com KISMAYO – For Ambaro Hassan, the reality of leaving Dadaab camp in which she lived for more than 13 years was...
