Uganda Refugee News -March 2026

Sector specific:

EDUCATION

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response: Education dashboard Quarter 4 2025

• Ideas - Barriers and Bridges: Analyzing Capital Factors Influencing Refugee Access to University Education in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Western Uganda

• IGAD - IGAD Kicks Off Capacity Building Training for Refugee and Host Community Leaders in Adjumani Refugee Settlement

• Irish Examiner - 'I'm grateful': UCC student first to graduate under scholarship which supports refugees - Engineer Kanku Biselele has just completed a postgraduate diploma in sustainable energy

• Monitor - How school feeding program is boosting learner retention in refugee settlements

• New Vision - FCA Uganda boosts refugee education

• NTV - (video) - Fall in budget allocations hurts refugee learners

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

• Ceci Uganda - CECI Uganda Conducts Groups’ Capacity Assessment on Renewable Energy Adoption in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement and Yumbe District Under the SUSTAINED Project

• The Earthbound Report - Clean energy for Uganda’s refugees

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response: Environment and Energy dashboard Quarter 4 2025

• Metropolitan Journal Of Academic Multidisciplinary Research - Assessing The Effect Of Refugees’ Influx On Land Use And Food Security In Nakivale Refugee Settlement In Isingiro District, South-Western Uganda

• Ministry of Water amd Environment - IFPA-CD Project Provides Lifeline Fuelwood Support to Vulnerable Refugees.

• Mission Newswire - Salesian community in Palabek has new solar power system thanks to donor funding from Salesian Missions

• Monitor - Solar mini-grid lights up Lamwo township

• Nile Post -

  • Community-Led Tree Planting Initiative Targets Forest Loss in Adjumani District

  • Gov’t, World Bank Call for More Suppliers to Boost Fuelwood Support in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement

• NIRAS - Building economic opportunities for farmers in 19 refugee-hosting districts in Uganda through sustainable woodlots

• NTV - (video) - Uganda's climate-smart initiative boosts sustainable firewood access for refugees

• World Bio Market Insights - Uganda and Nigeria push for bio-based growth

HEALTH

• Advanced International Journal for Research - Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Refugee Women at Kabazana Reception Centre,Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro District,

  Uganda

• AJHSSR - Depression, Social Support and Alcohol Use among Refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda

• Conflict and Health - Estimating abortion incidence and unintended pregnancy among adolescents living in refugee settlements in Uganda

• DRC - REPORT: Care relations under pressure - Displaced South Sudanese with chronic disabling conditions in times of humanitarian funding cuts

• Food Science & Nutrition - Analysis of Causal Factors to Acute Malnutrition Among

  Children Under the Age of Five in West Nile, Uganda

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response: Health & Nutrition Sector dashboard Quarter 4 2025

• Medical Anthropology - Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness - ‘There is No Fixed time’: Epidemic Preparedness and Relational Time Among Acholi Refugees in Uganda

• Medical Press - Why HIV prevention is falling short in Kampala's informal settlements

• Monitor - Uganda must invest in sexual and reproductive health, rights

• National Library of Medicine -

  • Maternal and child healthcare coverage and trends: refugee vs. non-refugee districts in Uganda

  • Indeterminant Interferon-γ Release Assays in Refugee Children with Splenomegaly, Uganda, 2020-2023

• The Observer - After Trump aid cuts, Kiryandongo turns to communities to fight malnutrition

• PLOS One -

  • Protocol for Head StART: A hybrid type II cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating community ART delivery for people newly diagnosed with HIV in refugee settlements in Uganda

  • Prevalence of childhood polyvictimization, mental health outcomes, and associated risk and protective factors in Ethiopia and Uganda refugee settings

  • Contribution of own food production to household dietary diversity and nutrient intake adequacy among refugee households in Palorinya, northwestern Uganda

• Springer - Maternal and Child Healthcare Coverage and Trends: Refugee vs NonRefugee Districts in Uganda

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Despite high risks of HIV, condom use low among displaced youths in Uganda

• UNSDG - Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Restore Dignity for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements

• WHO - Harnessing Local Resources to Build Health System Resilience in Amuru District

LIVELIHOODS & RESILIENCE

• The Conversation - The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers

• GoU/UNHCR -

  • Uganda Refugee Response:

    • Livelihoods and Resilience dashboard Quarter 4 2025

    • Food Security dashboard Quarter 4 2025

    • Cash Voucher Assistance (CVA) dashboard Quarter 4 2025

• IDEAS - Contribution of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices to Household Food Availability in Refugee Settlement Areas: A case of Yumbe District, Uganda

• IFC - Expanding Credit Access for Forcibly Displaced Persons in Uganda Through Cross-Border and Alternative Data

• Monitor -

  • Govt turns to entrepreneurship training to empower refugee women

  • Adjumani farmer turns apiculture into green enterprise

  • Refugee women in Nakivale settlement to benefit from GROW project

• New Vision -

  • Urban refugees call for sensitisation on business registration

  • Govt rolls out vocational skills training in refugee host district schools

• Nile Post -

  • Empowering Refugee Women in Kampala: Grassroots Programs Empowering Refugee Women in Kampala: Grassroots Programs Driving Income, Education, and Dignity

  • Refugees in Uganda Benefit from Empowerment Initiatives

• Research Square - The Refugee Revenue Gap: Decomposing Earnings Differences in Host Economies of Uganda

• Streamline - New Empowerment Initiatives Drive Refugee Self-Reliance in Uganda - Uganda launches two major AVSI-led initiatives to foster refugee self-reliance and mental health. Can this model solve East Africa's displacement crisis?

• U-Learn - Self-Reliance in a time of shrinking budgets: Employing a multi-dimensional approach

• UNHCR - ​​Update on the socio-economic performance of refugees and host communities in Uganda

• URSB - URSB Expands Business Registration to Refugee Communities in Rhino Camp and Arua

• WFP - Funding shortfalls push Uganda's refugees deeper into hunger - The East African nation has long offered asylum to some of the continent’s most vulnerable people. But steep cuts in humanitarian assistance are increasing food insecurity for Uganda’s nearly 2 million refugees and threatening to reverse progress in building long-term resilience

• World Bank - Building Livelihoods and Trust in Uganda’s Refugee-Hosting Communities

PROTECTION

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response:

  • Gender-based Violence (GBV) dashboard - Quarter 4 2025

  • Child Protection dashboard - Quarter 4 2025

• Nile Post - Govt urged to invest to inclusive training, jobs for females refugees with disabilities

• War Child - Umomubana’s story

• UNICEF - Protecting children from severe malnutrition - ECHO support helps the Government of Uganda and UNICEF protect refugee children from severe acute malnutrition

WASH

• GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response: WASH dashboard Quarter 4 2025

• Nile Post -

  • Govt Commissions Shs15bn Water Projects for Refugees, Host Communities in West Nile

  • Solar-Powered Water System Boosts Access for Refugees, Host Communities in Adjumani

Other:

• Chokie Journal of Education and Behavioral Studies - Refugee and Internally Displaced Children’s Education in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)Region: Policy Framework, Implementation Status and Recommended Plan of Action

• Cities Alliance - Sanya Wilson: The Ugandan Mayor who Turned Displacement into Opportunity

• Connecting Africa - SES, MTN announce projects to connect refugees in Africa - This week, mobile operator MTN and satellite operator SES both announced separate projects to provide connectivity for refugees in African nations.

• Dundee University - Young refugees in Jordan and Uganda: A story map

• Essays on Global Realism - Essay 27: Advancing Regional Resilience: Lessons from Article 16 of the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons in the IGAD Region and SOP Development in Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia

• GoU - Ministry of Finance - Private Sector Engagement Strategy for the Uganda Refugee Response 2024/25 – 2028/29

• GoU/UNHCR

  • Uganda refugee response

    • Suicide Tracking Dashboard January 2026

    • Partner Operational Presence Quarter 4 2025

    • RRP Funding Dashboard Q4 2025

    • Mbarara Sub-Office Q4 2025 Settlement Performance Snapshot

    • Arua Sub-Office Q4 2025 UCRRP Settlement Performance Snapshot

    • Adjumani Sub-Office Q4 2025 UCRRP Settlement Performance Snapshot

    • Q4 2025 Kampala Performance Snapshot

    • National Performance Snapshot Quarter 4 2025

    • Shelter, Settlement and NFI dashboard Quarter 4 2025

    • Weekly Critical Indicator Tracking Matrix - 05 March 2026

    • Critical Indicator Tracking Matrix - Nyumanzi Reception Centre (As of 27/02/2026 - 05/03/2026)

    • Overview of Refugees and Asylum-seekers (as of 28-Feb-2026)

    • Refugee Statistics - Population dashboard

      • Annex I - Active population by settlement 28-Feb-2026

      • Annex II - Map - Refugees and Asylum Seekers (28-Feb-2026)

      • Annex III - Settlement Profiles 28-Feb-2026

    • Refugee Arrival Movement Monitoring Dashboard

• The Independent - Uganda’s refugees to top two million

• IoM - DTM – Uganda: Flow Monitoring Registry - Cross Border Movements #8, 1 - 28 February 2026

• Joint Center for on Forced Displacement - ​​Update on the socio-economic performance of refugees and host communities in Uganda

• Journal of Refugee Studies - ‘Uganda likes refugees too much’: domestic narratives on refugee protection

• New Vision

  • UNHCR and stakeholders call for sustainable refugee financing prioritising urban refugees

  • Low funding puts strain on Ugandan refugee model

• Nile Post -

  • Govt appeals for refugee funding

  • Media Practitioners Equipped with Skills to Improve Refugee Coverage

  • Race for Equality Ride from Nakivale to Kampala Amplifies Voices of Marginalised Communities

  • Uganda to Take in 27,000 More Refugees

• ODI -

  • The case for large cash transfers: supporting refugees to meet basic needs and build resilience

  • Larger cash transfers, less often: the simple answer to supporting agency and increasing aid efficiency?

• Pachodo - Funding Gaps and Policy Shifts Raise Concerns Over Uganda's Refugee Response

• Parliament of Uganda - Uganda’s refugees to top two million

• Le Rubicon - Entre réduction des aides et poussée xénophobe, que reste-t-il de la politique ougandaise d’accueil des réfugiés ?

• Research Square - The Gap between Rhetoric and Practice: Refugee-Led Organisations in Humanitarian

• Springer - Interagency collaboration and agile humanitarian crises response among humanitarian organizations in Uganda

• Sudan Tribune -

  • Third repatriation flight for Sudanese refugees to leave Uganda on Sunday

  • Sudan to repatriate 10,000 refugees from Uganda in voluntary return program

• U-Learn Uganda -

  • Mapping of existing complaints, feedback and safeguarding mechanisms in Uganda’s refugee response

  • Community Priorities Qualitative Assessment Report

  • video - 37th REF Dissemination workshop - Community Feedback Mechanism Session

• UNHCR

  • Regional Dashboard RBESA:

    • Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the EAC region

      • - 28 February 2026

      • - 31 January 2026

    • Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in the IGAD region

      • - 28 February 2026

      • - 31 January 2026

    • Refugees and asylum seekers by country of asylum

      • - 28 February 2026

  • South Sudan Regional RRP: Regional overview of the South Sudanese refugee population (as of 31 January 2026)

  • 16 March 2026 - 31 October 2026 - Global Compact - Preparatory meetings and briefings in 2026

• WatchDog Uganda - KAGENYI LUKKA: Uganda’s Open Door Policy on Refugees: A Beacon of Hope

• WFP - Funding shortfalls push Uganda's refugees deeper into hunger - The East African nation has long offered asylum to some of the continent’s most vulnerable people. But steep cuts in humanitarian assistance are increasing food insecurity for Uganda’s nearly 2 million refugees and threatening to reverse progress in building long-term resilience

• World Bank - 21 Countries Now Eligible for IDA Financing to Support Refugees and Hosts

Events

• Upcoming

  • Rethinking aid: Lessons from refugee‑led responses - a seminar on the role of localization, refugee-led assistance and innovative funding mechanisms - Thursday, 23 Apr - 13–14:30 UTC+02

• Past (with recording)

  • Uganda: A Model for Refugee-Hosting?