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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an independent humanitarian organization focused on helping refugees has said the invasion of desert locusts may worsen the refugee crisis in East Africa. Nigel Tricks, the NRC´s Regional Director for East Africa said in a press statement issued on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | As the other settlement areas have been filled up with refugees, new land is made ready for new arrivals of refugees from DR Congo in Mararatu. Grass and shrubs are burnt and plots made available. Desperate refugees in Uganda are adopting grim survival tactics due …

  Uganda receives most new refugees worldwide, new displacement figures show  Oslo, Norway| NRC | The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council has called for worldwide support for Uganda that received the largest number of new refugees last year of more than half a million people. “The system protecting refugees will …