Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kisoro district are concerned about Congolese refugees escaping from gazetted camps to their country through the Bunagana border. The refugees fled to the Ugandan border district of Kisoro due to fighting between the March M23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Military officials from 12 countries on Monday have held a special closed door meeting of the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism -EJVM in Uganda’s south western border town of Kisoro. URN has learn that the confidential discussions stemmed from the fighting between the March 23 Movement …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Congolese refugees in Kisoro district have asked the government to relocate them to transit centers and camps in their country and not to Nyakabande refugee transit centre. More than 20,00 refugees are camping in Bunagana, Rukundo, Mpaka town councils, Muramba, and Nyarubuye sub-counties following fighting between …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Congolese refugee children in Kisoro district are battling malnutrition. The children are among thousands of refugees who fled Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province following the outbreak of heavy fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Congolese government troops. On June 13, 2022, …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob has lynched an unidentified armed robber in Kisoro district. The suspect together with two others stormed Kapfurizo town center in Rukongi parish, Nyarusiza sub-county pretending to look for mobile money services around 10pm on Wednesday night. They later fired bullets in the …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nyakabande refugee transit center in Kisoro district is struggling to isolate the number of Congolese refugees testing positive for COVID-19 due to space constraints. The transit center is currently home to 10,400 Congolese refugees. More than 100 refugees are registered at the center each day. On …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district security authorities are struggling to evict refugees roaming in Bunagana town council following renewed clashes between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers. Many of the refugees pitched camp in Bunagana town …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fresh ultimatum has been issued to refugees who are roaming around Bunagana Town Council in Kisoro District to either enter the gazetted refugee transit centre in Nyakabande sub-county or return to their country. The seven-day ultimatum was issued on Friday afternoon by the …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Food Programme-WFP is worried about the impending food shortage in Kisoro, western Uganda. The UN agency is running out of both food and monetary aid to support refugees in the district who fled fighting in Eastern DRC. More than 17,000 people are …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has stopped trucks crossing Bunagana border in Kisoro district to the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the intense clashes between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in Rutshuru territory. Heavy fighting broke …
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