Uganda Refugee news - October 2025
- Uganda Refugee News
- Nov 3
- 7 min read

Sector specific:
EDUCATION
Chimp Reports - RELON Uganda Reinstates 52 Teachers Affected by Funding Cuts
International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies - The intersection of gender, higher education, and governance in refugee societies: A case study of West Nile, Uganda
Learning, Media and Technology - Minimal computing in refugee education in Uganda: economies of digital use and non-use, and the right constraints
Monitor -
New Vision - 4000 refugee children enrolled on school feeding programme
Nile Post - Yumbe District Council Endorses Community-Driven Strategy to Keep Girls in School
Plan and GoUse Tech - (video) - Plan International Uganda & Go UseTech: Empowering Refugee Youth in Digital Marketing
UNICEF - Lessons from the Field: Transforming Teaching with the Superstar Teacher Toolbox - From Kyangwali in Uganda to Kakuma-Kalobeyei in Kenya the UNICEF Superstar Teacher Toolbox is equipping refugee-settlement teachers.
University of Edinburgh - Minimal computing in refugee education in Uganda: Economies of digital use and non-use, and the right constraints
HEALTH
BMC Psychiatry - Barriers and facilitators to mental health service utilisation among refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda: a qualitative study
BMC Public Health -
Contraception and Reproductive Health - Attitudes and beliefs towards contraception and future intention to use a method among women in refugee settlements in Uganda
Makerere University - Secondary Traumatic Stress, depression and job performance: The moderating role of perceived supervisory support among humanitarian workers in the Northern section of refugee management in Uganda
Monitor -
Social Science & Medicine - Integrating healthcare financing for refugees into national health systems: findings from a rapid review of the literature
You Tube - Uganda Refugee Camp Medical Clinic: October 2025
LIVELIHOODS & RESILIENCE
Bristol University - How Do Camps Affect Cities? The Political Economy of Refugee Camps and Arua, Uganda
Cohere - The Tailors of Kasisa
Generation Restoration - (video) - Biochar Production with UNIDOS and Generation Restoration in Nakivale Refugee Settlement
IPA - Improving Labor Market Opportunities for Refugees in Uganda
LTM Uganda - Urgent Food Shortages Threaten Lives
Maastricht University - Bridging Profitability and Sustainability: Essays on Private Sector Innovation for Sustainable - Development in Low-Income Contexts. Chapter 4 examines blended-finance mechanisms for refugee-led microenterprises in Kenya and Uganda, developing the Blended Finance Enablement Pyramid to assess how financial guarantees, coupled with technical assistance and conducive policies, can recalibrate risk–reward calculations for lenders
Monitor - How small gardens are transforming refugee livelihoods in Kiryandongo
New Vision -
Open Democracy -
The search for self-reliance: refugees and the informal working poor - Refugees deserve work that matches their skills and ambitions – yet too often job programmes are merely an exit strategy for aid
Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy - Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand
Exploitation embedded in the business model of refugee support - ‘Empowerment’ models let refugees into labour markets, but they also remove safety nets and invite exploitation
SIMN - Empowering Refugee Mothers Through Tailoring: Scalabrinian Mission in Uganda
UNHCR/Mastercard - Jobs and Employment for Forcibly Displaced Communities in the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region
World Voices Project -
PROTECTION
Farmamundi - (video) -
The Monitor - Let girls be...end early marriages
WASH
CWS - Improving Health and Dignity for Refugees in Nakivali: A Comprehensive WASH Initiative
Salesian Mission - Clean Water for Refugees in Uganda
UNICEF -
Clean water, restored hope - Aquatabs bring relief to refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement
When EU Humanitarian Aid, UNICEF water came to Kiryandongo - How a new EU Humanitarian Aid- and UNICEF-supported water system is transforming life for refugees and host communities in Uganda.
(video) - When clean water came to #Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement — a story of hope and partnership.
EU Humanitarian Aid–UNICEF water systems end long treks for Kiryandongo refugees - “It’s a system that doesn’t have to wait for sunshine or for fuel. We designed it to keep running, all day, every day on either fuel or sunshine.”
Other:
AfDB/UNHCR - Investing in development responses to forced displacement in Africa
The AfriChild Centre - (video) - Building Hope and Resilience Through Refugee-Led Action in Uganda - Mukamba January (Now & Tomorrow)
All Africa -
American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science - Analysis of the nature, causes, and manifestations of land conflicts in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Southwestern Uganda
Blitz - Sudanese refugees in Uganda find safety opportunity and hope amid war’s turmoil
CARE - Uganda’s VSLAs go digital: Empowering women through technology
CGTN - (video) -
Darfur Victims Support Organisation - Refugee-Led Organizations Extend Lifeline to Flood-Affected Women in Kampala
DCA - Building Hope Together, Refugees Supporting Refugees in Nakivale
DevDiscourse - Investing in Refugees: How Africa Can Turn Forced Displacement into Opportunity - A new AfDB–UNHCR report urges Africa to shift from short-term humanitarian aid to long-term development investments that empower refugees and host communities alike. It argues that by treating displacement as a development opportunity, the continent can drive inclusive growth, resilience, and regional stability.
DRC - Asylum policy under threat - The case of Uganda (September 2025)
Energy for Sustainable Development - Household cooking fuels, their environmental impacts and community priority interventions in refugee settlements in Uganda
GoU/UNHCR
Population Dashboard - September 2025 -
Sudanese Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Weekly Critical Indicator Tracking Matrix -
Government 4927 - South Sudan refugees in Uganda exceed one million; UN renews appeal for help
H & I - Project Kick-Off Meeting in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda
The Human Aspect - Lived experiences
Impiger - Strengthening refugee support with Impiger’s DRDIP web application for government of Uganda
The Independent - From refugee camp to boardroom: Ugandan girls rewriting their future
ISGF - ISGF project for shelters South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
Journal of Refugee Studies -
Mercy Corps - Scaling Sustainable Community led Models for E-waste Management in Displacement Settings
Monitor -
Mulenga News - Kyangwali Refugee Camp in Turmoil: JLOS Exposes Spike in Gender Violence and Theft
New Vision - Uganda launches longest every cycling race to support refugee children
Nile Post -
NTV - (video) -
The Observer - IsraAID Uganda outs new masterplan to help refugees
OCHA - Financial Tracking Service
Re:Build - (video) - Unlocking Access: Re:BUiLD’s Documentation Campaign for Refugee Inclusion
U-Learn Uganda -
Summary of URRI Gender and Power Analysis and Baseline findings
Bibliography of Climate Definitions in Uganda’s Refugee Response
A guide to developing Learning and Innovation Agendas for refugee programming – two-page summary
A guide to developing Learning and Innovation Agendas for refugee programming
UNHCR
South Sudan Situation:
UNHCR External Update
Sudan Situation:
UNHCR Monthly External Update
Map Weekly Regional Update -
(video) - When fighting spread in his hometown Darfur, he left everything behind
UniCatt - Internally displaced people in Africa: The case of Uganda
Vol.At - Austria and Uganda Strengthen Cooperation in Migration Management
WFP -
World Bank Group - Disclosable Version of the ISR - Uganda: Roads and Bridges in the Refugee Hosting Districts/Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo Road Corridor Project - P171339
WUSC - Challenges and Opportunities for Refugee Women-Led Organizations in Uganda



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