Reports

Key Messages • Refugee households primarily relocated from Nakivale settlement to Mbarara due to reported insufficient access to services like healthcare, education, and livelihood opportunities. Despite the move to an urban center, concerns persisted among refugee in…

1. Background Uganda hosts the largest refugee population in Africa (over 1.5 million refugees). The food security situation challenges in Uganda are largely attributed to irregular and poorly distributed rainfall, high prices of essential food items (higher…

Mercy Corps Releases Report on Climate Action in the Livestock Sector Uganda, currently ranking 13th globally in terms of vulnerability to climate change, particularly in the livestock sector, is facing an urgent crisis. With the current climate…

By Susan Opok Executive Summary School re-entry for pregnant girls and young mothers is increasingly recognized by African governments as a critical measure to improve the education of marginalized adolescents and mitigate school pushout. In Uganda, the high…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…

Antoinette Imanizibayo, a 38-year-old mother from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has endured a journey of heartache and resilience in the face of conflict and displacement. Her story is one of survival, loss, and ultimately, of…

Key Messages FEWS NET estimates 1.5 to 2.0 million people in Uganda will likely need humanitarian food assistance during the entire projection period, primarily those in refugee settlements and Karamoja. Needs are expected to remain slightly elevated…

By Steve Wiggins Rupsha Banerjee Neema Patel Kelvin Shikuku Understanding land and conflict Supporting livelihoods and markets Uganda Global Conflicts in the Global South have increased in the 2010s, usually civil conflicts that persist for a decade or…

In collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister and other partners, NRC in Uganda is supporting block farming for refugees and host communities in the West Nile region to increase food production and build self-reliance…

By the end of June 2024, Uganda was hosting 1,702,278 refugees and asylum seekers. New arrivals continued to enter the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan and South Sudan. Since the beginning of…