Uganda Refugee News - July 2025

Sector specific:

Education:

• Explorer - CoU Donates School Supplies to Refugee Children in Nakivale Camp

• FAWE - FAWE Strengthens Education in Uganda’s Refugee and Host Communities

• Globalisation, Societies and Education - Who can choose to aspire higher? Complex interlinkage of refugee education and aspirations in Global South

• IDS - Supporting teachers working in areas of violent conflict and displacement

• International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science - The Impact of Globalisation on Refugees Education in Uganda

• MSN - Gulu University, Adjumani Elders Forum Sign Pact to Strengthen Refugee-Host Relations

• News Central - Ugandan School Empowers Congolese Refugees

• Nile Post - Church of Uganda donates scholastic materials to Nakivale refugee camp

• NTV - (video) - 

  • How an engineer ended up as a language interpreter

  • Government steps up efforts to cater for refugees’ education

• PDO - Salesians of Don Bosco Launch Music School at Palabek Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• Prime Progress - Congolese refugee girls find comfort and opportunity in Ugandan school

• University of Cambridge - Understanding ECE Policies, Access to, and Learning Outcomes from ECE among Refugees and Nationals in Uganda: A Cross-Cohort Comparison

Environment & Energy:

• DanChurch Aid - Mahad Fights Heat with Trees in Uganda’s Imvepi Refugee Settlement

• Monitor - Refugee pressure spurs environmental action in Uganda’s climate crisis-prone districts

• SciDevNet - Uganda’s refugees turn food waste into clean fuel

• Sustainable Futures - Leveraging Cash Transfers to Mitigate Energy Poverty Among Refugees in Uganda: Distributional Insights and Gendered Lens

Health:

• APA PsycNet - Social determinants of mental health outcomes among refugee adolescents and youth living with HIV in refugee settlements in Uganda: A cross-sectional analysis.

• BMC Public Health -

  • “They tossed me up like a ball”: informal settlement residents’ experiences in accessing healthcare in Kampala, Uganda

  • ‘I really feel pity for them’: health workers’ readiness to offer maternal health services to urban refugee adolescents in Kampala, Uganda—a qualitative study

• Conflict and Health - Analysis of the possible pathways between social and well-being outcomes: a mixed-method study about community-based sociotherapy for refugees in Nakivale Settlement, Uganda

• eClinical medicine - Incidence and safety of abortion in two humanitarian settings in Uganda and Kenya: a respondent-driven sampling study

• GoU/UNHCR - Disease outbreak dashboard in the refugee settlements - Uganda as of 14 July 2025

• International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation -

  • Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among School-Going Adolescent Refugees: A Study of Kyaka II and Kyangwali Refugee Settlements in Western Uganda

  • Peer-Influence and Risky Sexual Behaviors among School Going Adolescent Refugees in Kyaka II and Kyangwali Refugee Settlements in Western Uganda

• NTV - (video) - Sports seen as tool to tackle youth mental health crisis in refugee communities

• PAMJ - Epidemiological investigation of measles outbreak in a refugee settlement in Lamwo District, Uganda

• Sage Journals - Psychological Distress Among Female Congolese Refugees in Uganda: Help-Seeking Behaviors, Risk Factors, and the Limited Role of Cognitive Social Capital for Survivors of Sexual Violence

• University of Oxford - Coping with displacement - Coping Mechanisms and Mental Health Support in the Palabek Refugee Settlement, Uganda

• University of York - York U researchers launch new health partnerships in Uganda

Livelihoods and Resilience

• AAH/ACF - Refugees in Uganda Take Control of Their Food and Future

• DeviDiscourse - EU Invests €5M in Refugee Livelihoods and Food Security in Uganda Settlements

• Fast Company - How financial inclusion is transforming displaced lives

• Finn Church Aid - Braiding hope and healing: Mary’s new beginning in Uganda 

• Hope Health Action - When Hope Is a Cabbage Field: A Reflection from Uganda

• Independent - How refugee mothers are struggling to make ends meet in Uganda

• IOM - IOM and UNHCR Launch ‘Train-to-Hire' Initiative to Boost International Refugee Employment

• Kiva - How UGAFODE and Kiva are expanding financial access in Uganda’s refugee settlements

• Mercy Corps -

  • The State of Refugee Finance Sector Report

  • Effective Strategies to Promote Clean Energy Adoption - Enhancing women's economic empowerment in BidiBidi

• Monitor -

  • Solidarity with refugees in Uganda means promoting self-reliance

  • NMG, Equity Bank seek to drive financial inclusion

• New Vision - Failed harvest threaten local farmers of Kiryandongo

• Nile Post - Refugee-led initiative equips 30,000 with skills for self reliance

• Observer - Jica business contest seeks to transform refugee communities

• POCIT - This Refugee Entrepreneur Is Helping Young Women Gain Financial Independence

• Re:BUiLD - The Impact of Cash Grants and Cash + Mentorship on Ugandan and Refugee Business Owners in Kampala, Uganda

• SIMN - Empowering Refugee Mothers and Supporting Their Children in Uganda

• University of Sienna - Socio-economic adaptation of refugees in Uganda settlements: analysis of social factors and economic opportunities

• WFP -

  • EU and WFP enhance self-reliance and food security for refugees and host communities in Uganda

  • WFP Uganda pioneers refugee self-reliance through farming 

Protection

• Global Public Health - Experiences of childhood violence and violence perpetration and the association with inequitable gender norms and violence justification in humanitarian settings in Uganda

• H&I - In Uganda, people with disabilities are largely overlooked by humanitarian aid

• The New Humanitarian - Grassroots groups in Uganda are keeping GBV services going despite the cuts

• Keynes - A Disability Needs Assessment conducted by Keynes Disability Association(Dec 2024 -Jan 2025)

• Population Council - Protecting Children in Crisis: School-Based Sexual Violence

  Screening in Refugee Settings

• Save the Children - How Save the Children is strengthening local partners' capacity in the child protection response in Nakivale refugee settlement

• Soft Power -

  • A safe space displaced women heal, economically thrive, reclaim hope at Imvepi

  • ActionAid opens safe space for women and girls in Imvepi refugee settlement

• Spy Uganda - Fear and Uncertainty as South Sudanese Refugee Disappears in Uganda

Other:

• ACT Alliance - ACT Alliance members Conclude Regional Monitoring and Learning Visit to Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda

• AfricaLix - White Nile Echoes: Disinformation Igniting Sudanese-South Sudanese Refugee Conflicts

• Biometric Update - UNHCR’s biometric LISA kiosk enabling self-service refugee identity verification

• Children and Youth Services Review (pay for access) - Caregiver and child perceptions of play in a refugee context in Uganda

• Darfur 24 - Uganda Deploys Troops to Sudanese Refugee Camp Amid Fears of Repeated Attacks

• Democracy & Me - The Illustrated Memoir Project in Uganda

• Ethnic and Racial Studies - Between hope and harm: the fragmentary effects of resettlement for Congolese refugees in Uganda

• The Explorer - NIRA Warns Refugees: Ugandan National IDs Are Only for Citizens

• Girlhood Studies -

  • (pay for access) - “He Run Away” - Social Maturity and Young Refugee Motherhood in Uganda

  • Voices and Agency - Pregnant and Parenting Girls

  • (pay for access) - Refugee Youth Parenthood in Uganda - Varying Health and Protective Factors

• GoU - Uganda's Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework - Annual Report 2024

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Uganda Country Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP):

    • Critical Indicator Tracking Matrix - Nyumanzi Reception Centre -

      • 19 June 2025

      • 26 June 2025

      • 03 July 2025

      • 10 July 2025

    • Refugee Statistics June 2025 - Settlement Profiles

    • Overview of refugees and asylum-seekers as of 30 June 2025

    • National Suicide Tracking Dashboard (Jan - June 2025)

    • Disease Outbreak Dashboard in the Refugee Settlements - Uganda (as of 14 July 2025)

    • Population Dashboard -

      • Annex I - Active Population by Settlement (30 June 2025)

      • Annex II - Map - Refugees and Asylum Seekers (30 June 2025)

      • Annex III - Settlement Profiles (30 June 2025)

  • CORE-Uganda:

    • Influx out of Eastern D.R. Congo -

      • 29 June 2025

      • 06 July 2025

      • 20 July 2025

      • 27 July 2025

    • Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers -

      • 29 June 2025

      • 13 July 2025

      • 27 July 2025

  • Food Security and Nutrition Assesment(FSNA) 2024

  • Refugee Arrival Movement Monitoring Dashboard

• IOL - BRICS+ Series: Uganda Leads the African Union on Refugee and Migration Policy

• The Independent - DRC, Rwanda, UNHCR renew pledge on voluntary refugee return

• Journal of Public Administration, Policy and Governance Research - Universal Principle of Non-Refoulement on the Refugee’s Access to Public Services in Uganda

• Journal of Refugee Studies - Tensions and coexistence: host narratives of refugee presence in Nakivale, Uganda

• Makerere University - Analyzing the impact of urban refugees’ settlements on the housing rental prices in Kampala. Study area: Kansanga along Ggaba road

• Monitor - Bugeme seeks stronger ties, support for Congolese refugees after DRC visit

• Nile Post -

  • Refugees reform of Uganda's documentation system to unlock access to rights services

  • UNHCR acknowledges Church of Uganda's humanitarian support to Nakivale refugee settlement

  • Gulu university, Adjumani Elders Forum sign pact to strengthen refugee-host relations

• Norwegian University of Life Science - Bridging the Gap: The Role of Participatory Development in the Shift from Humanitarian Aid to Long-Term Development in Uganda.

• NTV - (video) - Congolese refugees in Uganda urge Kinshasa for support amid aid cuts

• Opportunity International - The stories I carried home

• PML - Double Trouble: Refugees’ dual struggle for rights and documentation in East Africa

• Radio Dbanga - Calls to evacuate Sudanese refugees from Uganda

• REACH - 2024 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (July 2025)

• Refugees International -

  • The New Humanitarian: Why Refugee-led Organisations are Key to the Humanitarian Reset

  • As Global Aid Abandons Ugandan Refugees, Refugee-led Organizations Present a Promising Path Forward

• UNHCR

  • Regional Bureau for East, Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes -

    • Refugees and asylum seekers by country of asylum (as of 30 June 2025)

    • Refugee, asylum-seekers, returnees and IDPs (30 June 2025)

    • IGAD Region | Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 30 June 2025)

    • EAC Region | Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 30 June 2025)

  • Sudan Refugee Protection and Solutions Strategy (June 2025 - December 2027)

  • Joint NGO policy brief | Inter-Agency Working Group for East & Central Africa: East Africa: A refugee haven under threat

  • EHAGL Region: Community Feedback Analysis Report.

    • Oct - Dec 2024

    • Jan - Mar 2025

• UNICEF -

  • "If I had another way!" Understanding social protection through the lives of teenage mothers in refugee and host communities in Western Uganda

  • Rewriting the story of teenage pregnancy - A social protection programme funded by the Iceland Government is helping to create a new pathway for young girls in refugee and host communities in western Uganda

• WFP - Uganda Country Brief, June 2025

• WHO - WHO Uganda Annual Report 2024

 Events, funding, training etc: 

• The Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) is launching Graduate Horizons, a global application support programme for prospective students who have been affected by displacement, eg, as refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs, and stateless, among other categories. Apply here!: https://forms.gle/bi1LK2baoQbAYVoW6.  - 500+ Master’s scholarships available for African refugee and displaced students at 25+ universities worldwide. Deadline: Sunday 24 August by 5pm BST (UK time)

• CFAs: Implementation of General Food Assistance in Nakivale and Oruchinga Refugee Settlement and Hosting District The World Food Programme (WFP) is inviting applications for projects focused on general food assistance, nutrition, digital and financial inclusion, resilience, and self-reliance in Nakivale and Oruchinga Refugee Settlements and their host districts- - Deadline: 13-Aug-2025 - For more information, visit UN Partner Portal.

• Malengo’s Uganda–Germany Program prepares students in Uganda who hold Ugandan Secondary School Certificates (UACE) for admission to an English–speaking full Bachelor’s program at a German university and provides help with financing. We are specifically looking to support students who have limited means and could not otherwise afford to study at a university. You must be a refugee living in Uganda and hold a valid refugee travel document OR a refugee identity card, and family attestation. You do not need all documents at the time of application. Deadline: 16 August 2025