refugees

Hundreds of Congolese nationals are pouring into Uganda following heavy gunfire exchange between government forces and M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. Some of the refugees found at Bunagana border post in Kisoro District in western…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the first group of evacuees from Afghanistan arrived in Kampala Wednesday morning aboard a privately chartered flight. In a statement, the ministry said they received 51 evacuees who will stay here…

Right from the earliest days of the NRM government, the health of the population ranked high on the priority agenda, especially the communicable diseases. The government identified six killer diseases; polio, measles, whooping cough,…

I found tears running down my face while reading Haydee Diaz’s June 30 Outlook essay, “It’s not hard to treat refugees decently.” It is unbelievably disheartening that the government of Uganda and others treat refugees with empathy, dignity…

Uganda Red Cross Society - URCS has handed over seven Rwandan asylum seekers to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees - UNHCR. The Rwandan asylum seekers are Eugine Mukeshimana, Sudi Uwiyesenga and their children, Joana Uwase…

The Pan African Parliament has commended Uganda for its progressive policies in the management of refugees. Uganda’s open door policy to asylum seekers was lauded as one of the most generous in the world because it grants refugees…

Twenty days after the terrorist attack at Nairobi’s DusitD2 complex, intelligence sources say that 12 suspects have been arrested at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp — signalling the complex balance between internal security and…

A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women — Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 — are…