Uganda welcomes thousands of DRC refugees amid COVID-19 lockdown
On humanitarian grounds, the President of Uganda directed its Government to temporarily re-open the Zombo border to allow life-saving aid and protection to be provided to the group of refugees.
Uganda: How previous Ebola outbreaks helped respond to COVID-19
Several Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) were constructed across the country and these have in turn been used in the COVID-19 response. Although these centers have not been used to accommodate confirmed COVID-19 patients, they have however been used as quarantine centers for people under observations.
Refugee resettlement in Uganda: separating the wheat from the chaff
Traditionally Uganda has been sympathetic to the plight of refugees residing within its borders. This hospitality is slowly waning out as the refugee situation in the country becomes more complicated in recent years.
