Uganda Refugee News - December 2025
- Uganda Refugee News
- Jan 5
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Sector specific:
EDUCATION
Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Politologica - Literacy and Laboratory: exploring science education in Upper secondary schools in refugee settlements: Case of Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda
East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies - ICT Skills and Refugees' Immigration Rights: A Study of the International Organisation of Migration, Uganda
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025, Education Dashboard - Quarter 3, January - September 2025
Long Bridge - Uganda program funded by Education Cannot Wait helps refugee children with disabilities access quality education.
Makerere University -
Monitor -
PML Daily - Digital education key to boosting higher education numbers, say experts
PR Newswire -
UNICEF -
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences - Customary Land Acquisition and Tenure Security in Refugee-Host Communities: An Impact Assessment in Northern Uganda.
The Independent - Improving forest cover in refugee hosting districts
Journal of Refugee Studies - Land for refugees: sharing and exchanging in Northern Uganda
Mercy Corp - Reaching the Last Mile - Innovative Financing and Distribution for Energy Solutions in Displacement Settings
Monitor - Adjumani steps up efforts to restore degraded forests
Nile Post - Uganda Boosts Forest Cover in Refugee-Hosting Districts Through Agroforestry Project
Makerere University - Assessing the socioeconomic benefits of landscape restoration measures in refugee settlements: a case of Palabek Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda
PML Daily - Catholic Relief Services implements agroforestry project in refugee-hosting districts
HEALTH
Cabi Digital Library - Inclusion of Refugee Communities in Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Control: A One Health Case Study in Uganda of Selected Conservation Areas
Clinic Research Online - Assessing Health Facility Capacity for Neglected Tropical Diseases in a Refugee Settlement in Uganda
DovePress - Factors Associated with Repeat Teenage Pregnancy in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025, Health & Nutrition Dashboard - Quarter 3 2025
International Journal of Community Well-Being - Mindfulness, Social Capital, and Happiness of Refugees in Uganda: the Mediating Role of Assertiveness
IPAS - Abortion in humanitarian settings: What new data from Uganda and Kenya reveal
JSTOR - Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian and Disaster Situations
The Lancet - HIV care cascades among refugees and host communities in Uganda: findings from two population-based surveys
Makerere University - Prevalence and factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among youth refugees in Makerere University
Malaria Journal - A retail audit of mosquito control products in Bidibidi refugee settlement, northwestern Uganda
Open Access Pub - Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening and Its Determinants among Refugee Women in Uganda: Insights from the Uganda Refugee Population-based HIV Impact Assessment
Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics - Factors Associated with Repeat Teenage Pregnancy in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
PLOS Global Public Health - “…I feel like I am just staying here waiting for death”: A qualitative study of the lived experiences of people with advanced illness in refugee settlements in Uganda
Population Council -
Research Square - Attempted Suicide: Lived Experiences of Refugees in Rhino Camp, West Nile Uganda
SSM Mental Health - Psychosocial stressors related to extreme weather events and multiple resource insecurities: qualitative insights from refugee youth in a Ugandan humanitarian setting
Student Journal of Health Research Africa - Effect of problem-focused coping mechanisms on resilience among refugees with ptsd symptoms in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District–Uganda: A cross-sectional study.
Women's Health - Examining factors associated with post-abortion family planning among women in refugee settings in Uganda
LIVELIHOODS & RESILIENCE
The Africhild Centre - Nurturing Children and Strengthening Livelihoods in Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda
AVSI - The contribution of enterprises to rural households in Western Uganda
Business Perspective Review - Mobile Money and the Dynamics of Income - Inequality: Evidence from Arua City, Uganda
Centre for Climate Safety - Paid misinformation, global inequality and permaculture progress in Africa
The Cooperator - Refugees in Kiryandongo find stability and nutrition through FAO’s poultry farming initiative
Gardens of Hope - Rose’s Story: Gardens of Hope
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025,
ILO - Uganda takes a leap into immersive learning through ILO-ITC’s Workverse initiative
International Journal of Academic Research in Business, Arts & Science - Examining the Livelihood of Self-Settled Refugees in Uganda: The Prospects and Challenges
International Journal of Social Science Exceptional Research - Building Self-Reliant Refugees: East Africa as a Model
IRC - Re:BUILD Cost Effectiveness Brief (Uganda) - Cost Effectiveness of Microenterprise Development (2023)
Journal of Policy and Development Studies - Dynamics of transition to self-sufficiency for refugees in Swinga, Zone 2, Bidibidi settlement in Yumbe District, Uganda
Makerere University -
NPR - To 'graduate' from poverty, they can borrow to build a business. So why aren't they?
NTV - (video) - Transforming refugee livelihoods, insights into the REAL project
NPR - Funding cuts hit a program in Uganda that helped pull people out of poverty
Observer -
Research Gate - Examining the Livelihood of Self-Settled Refugees in Uganda: The Prospects and Challenges
Studies in Educational Evaluation - Policy brief - Building resilience: Addressing the impacts of climate-related hazards on livelihoods and unpaid household labour in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts
Taylor Francis - Innovative Traits of Refugee Entrepreneurs in Africa
U-Learn
WashU - Refugees living outside camps make significant gains in self-reliance - Largest cross-country study comes as 117 million are displaced worldwide
PROTECTION
Danish Development Research Network - Study Reveals How COVID-19 Made Young People in Northern Uganda More Vulnerable
DiVA - Examining suicidality and associated risk factors among refugee children and adolescents in Uganda
GoU/UNHCR
Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025,
International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services - Gender-Based Violence Typology Associated with Depression, and Anxiety in Informal Settlements in Uganda
Journal of International Humanitarian Action - Screening for sexual violence against children in humanitarian settings: a feasibility study of a para-social worker-led intervention in Uganda
Monitor - Refugees with disabilities decry exclusion in education, healthcare
Nile Post - Sudanese Women Appeal to Great Lakes Leaders as Sexual Violence Surges Amid Escalating Conflict
Refugee Law Project - Healing in the Shadows: Holistic Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Rights in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements
Research Square - An Analysis of Gaps in Sexual and Gender-based Violence Interventions in Refugee Communities: The Case of Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda
UNICEF -
WASH
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2024 - 2025, WASH Dashboard - Quarter 3, July - September 2025
University Initiatives on Climate Change Education and Research - An Assessment of Groundwater Available Potential for Migrants and Displaced People Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques a Case of West Nile, Uganda
Other:
Africa Human Mobility Review - Gaps in the Implementation of the Non-Prima Facie Refugee Status Determination in Uganda
Africa Intelligence - Kampala quietly reopens doors to Eritrean, Somali and Ethiopian refugees
African Journal of Computing, Data Science and Informatics - An analysis of Biometric de-duplication as an integrated e-governance system in Uganda’s Refugee Food Assistance program for Rwamwanja refugee settlement
CEPR - Conflict, forced displacement, and growth: Evidence from Uganda
Channel Africa -
Comparative Migration Studies - Navigating migration challenges in Uganda’s West Nile borderlands: policy, practice, and governance
DCA - Reducing the vulnerability of refugees - An emergency response to the influx of refugees from DR Congo
Egmont Institute - Will Uganda’s ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy Hold? Aid Cuts and Rising Anti-Immigration Sentiments
Flying for Life podcast - Supporting child refugees in Uganda - Ep. 13
Geneva Solutions - Refugee pact faces harsh reality check as refugee actors warn of system under strain
Global Issues - Refugees Forced to Fill Gaps as Funding, Power and Legal Recognition Move Out of Reach
GoU
GoU/UNHCR
Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP 2024-25)
Arua Sub-Office Q3 2025 UCRRP Settlement Performance Snapshot
Adjumani Sub-Office Q3 2025 UCRRP Settlement Performance Snapshot
Shelter and Settlements Dashboard - Quarter 3, January - September 2025
Uganda Operation - Weekly Critical Indicator Tracking Matrix - Nyumanzi reception Centre
Humanitarian Action - Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan 2026
HPG - How to finance refugee leadership Navigating a humanitarian system at breaking point
Intercultural Relations - Healing Borders: Ubuntu Philosophy as a Framework for Refugee Identity and Conflict Resolution in Uganda
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care - A grounded theory exploration of wellbeing and liveable space for Uganda-based forced migrant women, forcibly displaced due to conflict
Internet Society - Learning to Build and Use the Internet in Rhino Refugee Camp
IOM -
IPS - Refugees Forced to Fill Gaps as Funding, Power and Legal Recognition Move Out of Reach
KAS -
Regional Migration and Displacement Conference for the East and Horn of Africa - Changing Mobility Corridors, Shared Responsibility and Building Resilience
Assessing Uganda’s Progressive Refugee Policy Amidst Aid Cuts and an ongoing War in Sudan
Le Monde - L’Ouganda, premier pays d’accueil des réfugiés en Afrique, commence à leur fermer la porte - Le système d’asile ougandais, l’un des plus progressistes du continent, commence à vaciller. Le pays, qui compte 1,93 million de réfugiés pour 50 millions d’habitants, a annoncé qu’il refuserait dorénavant de régulariser les Somaliens, Ethiopiens et Erythréens.
LERRN - Refugee-Led Responses and Agency in East Africa, the Middle East, and South America
Moatinoon - 990 Days of War: How Do Sudanese Refugees Mark Independence Day in Exile?
Monitor -
New Vision -
Nile Post - Migrants’ Remittances Outshine Donor Funding in Uganda
Nordic Journal of African Studies - Filling the Humanitarian Gap and a Plural Perspective on Humanitarianism: Communitarian Socio-Cultural Support Practices Among South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
The Observer - New Iceland–Unicef funding strengthens child and youth Services in Uganda
Oxford University - Access to Justice for Refugee Women in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement
Radio Dbanga -
Research Gate - Liberalizing Refugee Hosting Policies without Losing the Vote
Research Square - Displacement and Resilience: A Comparative Study of Climate-Induced Migration in Uganda and Kenya
SABC News - (video) - Uganda overwhelmed by hosting refugees
UNHCR -
Uganda Elections 2026: UNHCR FAQ for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Persons
Prioritization of the Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP) 2026
Mid-term Progress Review on the Uganda 2023 Global Refugee Forum pledges - December 2025
South Sudan
UNHCR CORE South Sudan Situation - Displacement Overview as of 08 Dec 2025
South Sudan Regional RRP: Regional overview of the South Sudanese refugee population (as of 30 November 2025)
Sudan Situation:
Regional Bureau for Eastern and Southern Africa -
Eastern and Southern Africa Region | Regional Pledge Stocktaking Report 2024 - 2025
UNHCR/WFP - The UNHCR-WFP Joint Hub - Country Support Brief
UNICEF - Inclusion only works when systems are strong - “A child without a legal identity is a child at risk. Registration is not paperwork; it is protection, dignity, and a pathway to services.”




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