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The Ugandan government has suspended the operations of 208 refugee aid organizations for non-compliance with regulations. Only 69 aid agencies are now authorized to help the country’s 1.4 million refugees. The authorities have said that many of the non-governmental organizations lacked valid memorandums of understanding with the prime minister’s office. Others were operating on expired permits or were running unauthorized projects, but the agencies that did not comply have not been closed indefinitely. This comes at a time when the country’s refugee crisis has worsened, following the resurgence of violence in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Uganda is one of the largest African refugee-hosting countries and, according to the UN refugee agency, one of the most refugee-friendly environments in the world.
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Some 45,000 people have been displaced in attacks by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that erupted in May. In response, Uganda has temporarily reopened … Read more »
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