Uganda Refugee News - April 2026
- Uganda Refugee News
- May 5
- 6 min read
Sector specific:
EDUCATION
CARE - How school meals protect refugee children's education in Uganda
East African Journal of Education Studies - Academic Resilience of Refugee Secondary School Students across Demographic Characteristics in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda
FAWE - Tuseme Model: Empowering Learners in Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons
Nile Post - Uganda Hosts Sudanese Students for Exams Amid War Disruptions
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Energy Live News - World Bank backs climate-smart infrastructure in Uganda - The six-year programme will deliver improved access to essential urban infrastructure and services and help reduce flood risks and improve public safety
Gulu University - Contested Landscapes: Environmental Resource Tensions Between Refugees and Host Communities in Ayilo I & II, Adjumani District, Uganda
Monitor - New climate initiative to transform refugee settlements
Nile Post - Govt Launches Tree Planting Drive in Adjumani and Lamwo to Safeguard Water Sources and Restore Forest Cover
UNHCR - The REP Fund Announces Key Partners for Landmark Carbon Financing Initiative in Uganda and Rwanda
HEALTH
Advanced International Journal for Research - Menstrual Hygiene Management among Refugee Women at Kabazana Reception Centre, Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro District, Uganda.
Africa Renewal - Protecting the most vulnerable in an era of constrained resources - Investing in frontline health workers is essential to preserving the vital medical safety net that keeps refugee women and girls alive
Countdown to 2030 -
Europe Says - The Invisible Migration: How Urban Refugees are Powering Uganda’s Economy and Building Harmony
Global Giving - Bringing Hope and Healing to Palabek Refugee Settlement
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health - Prevalence and factors associated with antenatal care services utilisation among urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda
Monitor - Refugee despair deepens as food cuts fuel mental health crisis in northern Uganda
Nile Post - EU-Supported Initiative Strengthens Uganda’s Disease Outbreak Response in Refugee-Hosting Districts
Population Council - Acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of integrating family planning information and services in food distribution programmes in refugee settings in Uganda
UNHCR - Japan Strengthens Community Health Through Village Health Teams
World Peace Foundation - Hunger and side-effects of antipsychotics in Palabek refugee settlement, northern Uganda
World Pop - Refugee-hosting districts show stronger maternal health outcomes in Uganda, study finds
LIVELIHOODS & RESILIENCE
African Journal of Emerging Issues - Livelihood sustainability among femal refugees in Uganda: A synthesis review
Grow Kudos - Food Production Is Not Enough: Closing the Nutrition Gap in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements
Ideas - Mutual Benefits of Proximity: Economic Interactions Between Refugees and Hosts in Uganda
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research - Uneven hydroclimatic risk and land access constraints challenge refugee agricultural self-reliance in Uganda
Journal of International Migration and Integration - Determinants of Refugee Entrepreneurs’ Psychological Well-being: Examining the Roles of Psychological Capital, Subjective Entrepreneurial Success, and Need Satisfaction
Journal of Policy and Development Studies - Access and Barriers to Financial Assets and Resources for Refugees in Swinga, Bidibidi settlement in Yumbe District, Uganda
Mathematica - Evaluation of GiveDirectly’s Cash-only and Cash-plus Programs in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement (Uganda)
Monitor - Let refugees’ right to work in Uganda become reality
New Vision -
Nile Post - Adjumani Refugees, Host Communities Empowered Through Skilling Initiative
Observer - Thousands of refugee households in Uganda move towards self-reliance
Peace News - The Invisible Migration: How Urban Refugees are Powering Uganda’s Economy and Building Harmony
Refugees International - Amid Aid Cuts, Uganda’s Right to Work for Refugees Must Become a Reality
Soft Power - Mechanical lifeline - how LEGS project is reshaping lives for refugees in Nwoya and Adjumani
WEF - How peer-led reskilling is helping bridge the skills gap in East Africa
UNCDF - (video) - "At First, I Was Just Trying to Survive" | From Refugee to Entrepreneur
University of Antwerp - Welfare effects, perceptions and preference for refugee local integration: host-refugee dynamics in sub-saharan Africa
PROTECTION
DRC - Stories from the Field: Elevating women-led ownership of GBV response and prevention in Uganda
Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies - Invisible Yet Resilient: Understanding the Vulnerability and Integration Pathways of South Sudanese Older Refugees in Uganda
U-Learn - Mapping of existing complaints, feedback and safeguarding mechanisms in Uganda’s refugee response
WASH
Malteser International - (video) - Uganda: Rehabilitated tapstands for Nakivale refugee settlement
New Vision - Refugee women spared long treks as Adjumani water project cuts GBV risk
The Washing Machine Project - (video) -
Other:
Africa Cities Journal - Understanding the motivation and processes of international migration into Ugandan cities
AIRD - When Funding Falters, Lives Are at Risk: Stand with Refugees in Uganda
Carleton University - Refugee-led organisations in Uganda - Agency, gender and politics of self-organising in Exile
Centre for Global Development
Centre for Multilateral Affairs - Gulf Conflict Shocks and the Future of Refugee Governance: Insights from Uganda’s Refugee Approach
China Daily - China grants Uganda $1 million to support refugees amid funding shortfalls
East African -
Global Issues - Fleeing Sudan's war, refugees rebuild their lives in Uganda
GoU/UNHCR
Human Rights Research - In Uganda, Legal Groups Condemn Arrival of U.S. Deportees
The Independent - SUIDAC program boosts Arua City’s refugee integration initiative
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies - ‘Data-driven’ vulnerability assessment tools and the quantification of refugee life in Uganda
JRS - Supporting refugee hosting communities: a Ugandan girl benefits from a scholarship
Monitor -
MPI - (podcast) - First Displacement, then Disasters: How Refugees Contend with Climate Change
New Vision
Nexus Media - Uganda: A Beacon of Hope in Africa’s Refugee Crisis
Nile Post -
NTV - (video) -
Olympics - Rising beyond borders: young refugees in Uganda aim for Dakar 2026
REACH - Climate Hazards in Uganda’s Refugee-Hosting Districts. –
Refugees International - Uganda’s Generous Open-door Refugee Policy is Breaking Down
U-Learn Uganda - (video) - Webinar: Translating Learning, Knowledge and Innovation interaction for the Humanitarian Response
UN -
UNHCR
Sudan situation
Sudan Situation Map Weekly Regional Update
CORE Sudan: Sudanese return from neighbouring countries -
South Sudan Situation: UNHCR Monthly External Update
UNHCR/IoM/MMC - Data-Driven Route-Based Approaches to Mixed Movements of Migrants and Refugees: Research and Response
University of Dundee - Young refugees in Jordan and Uganda: A story map - Exploring education, work and livelihoods, aspirations for marriage, identity and belonging
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