The Government of Japan has contributed US$10 million (approximately 35.9 billion Uganda shillings) to the UN Refugee Agency – UNHCR (US$4 million), UNICEF (US$3 million), and UN World Food Programme – WFP (US$3 million) to support the emergency response to South Sudanese refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda. Since violence broke out in South Sudan…
The Government of Uganda and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a financing agreement for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) project to restore degraded wetlands, improve ecosystems, strengthen climate information and early warning systems. Hon. Matia Kasaija, the Finance Minister signed on behalf of the Government and Ms. Rosa Malango, the UNDP Resident Representative…
On August 22, 2017, senior officials from the Governments of Uganda and the United States and other Power Africa partners celebrated Power Africa Uganda Partnership Day, an event that highlighted important developments in Uganda’s electrification efforts. Power Africa Coordinator Andrew M. Herscowitz handed over master plans to the Government of Uganda for three rural electricity…
Rebecca 4 years old has just recovered from severe malaria. Her mother explains that they arrived from South Sudan one year ago. They now live in the world’s biggest refugee settlement, Bidibidi. Despite having few livelihood opportunities they are at least safe. Last week the Embassy of Sweden went on a field visit to West…
Most of Uganda’s children are going to school hungry and 29 percent of those aged under five are stunted due to poor feeding. Nearly half of all the country’s citizens overall, meanwhile, are consume less calories than they require each day. Uganda does not store food for use in emergencies and the land tenure system,…
A national online hub for everything you wish to know on children in Uganda KAMPALA, 21 June 2017– the Economic Policy Research Centre (ERPC) and UNICEF have today unveiled the Uganda Children’s Portal – a one stop shop on key information and knowledge related to children in Uganda. The portal, the first of its kind represents a national online…
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Publication Date: July 12, 2017 Electronic Access: Free Full text (PDF file size is 1450 KB).Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Economic growth has slowed. Secular and cyclical factors are at work. Private investment has plateaued in recent years and is skewed toward real estate.…
The Government of Ireland today completed the airlifting of essential relief items worth €500,000 (more than 2 billion UGX) to support South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. This critically needed assistance includes blankets, shelter construction materials, cooking sets and mosquito nets. Irish Aid, the Irish Government’s programme for overseas development, covered the costs of two separate…
On 04 July 2017, the Delegation of the European Union to Uganda held its bi-annual Structural Dialogue meeting with Civil Society Organisations. The dialogue focussed on the recent refugee crisis and ran under the title ‘The Civil Society Response to the Uganda Refugee and Migration Situation’. The conference featured introductory remarks by EU Head of…
Kampala – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uganda in partnership with the country’s Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development have launched YouthConnekt, a platform aimed at addressing issues of youth unemployment and inclusion in economic and political processes. The programme which was started in Rwanda as a platform for bringing young people together…
