Improved health in West Nile through Swedish support
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... Read More
Major National Review Recommends Ways Of Ending Hunger In Uganda
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... Read More
The Uganda Children’s Portal goes live
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... Read More
IMF Press Release on Article IV Consultation and Eighth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument
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... Read More
Irish Aid Airlifts Humanitarian Aid for South Sudanese Refugees
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.... Read More
EU hosts 2017 structured dialogue with Uganda civil society
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... Read More
Uganda’s launches the YouthConnekt initiative
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.... Read More
Uganda’s Solidarity Summit for Refugees raises over USD350m
Kampala - On 21st and 22nd June 2017, the world gathered in Uganda to stand in solidarity with the country as it hosts over 1 million refugees. This was during the Uganda Solidarity Summit on refugees. The summit, hosted by... Read More