UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today new measures to support the government of Uganda’s refugee programme, including through a major biometric data verification exercise. “We are taking ...

The Government of Uganda and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are implementing containment measures in the recently-opened Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district following confirmation of an outbreak ...

When Asha Rose Sillah first arrived in Uganda as a refugee, there was so little water she drank from a swamp to quench her thirst. Now, thanks to a new borehole project, her family has plenty of clean ...

When Agnes Baitio fled fighting in Nimule, South Sudan, four years ago with her two children, she saved her family but lost everything else – her house, her income and her hope. Settling into a new ...

MTN and UNHCR signed a multi-year agreement to expand telecom access for refugees. The program will begin in Rwanda, Uganda, and South Sudan. It aims to address barriers such as lack of ID, device ...

The Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Beate Meinl, has called on International community to consider financing Uganda's refugee response amid hard economic times, noting that the East African ...

MTN Group has signed a multi-year MoU with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to provide meaningful connectivity and digital inclusion for refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and host ...

As the war in Sudan approaches a fourth year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and 123 partners appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion to support millions of people forced to flee the country in pursuit of ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued an urgent $1.6 billion appeal to address the escalating humanitarian crisis triggered by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.