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KAMPALA, UGANDA  | Xinhua | The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has cut food rations for one million refugees in Uganda due to funding shortages. In a statement posted on its social media platform on Tuesday, the UN agency said it urgently needs 50 million U.S. dollars to restore …

GAZA | Xinhua |  “The humanitarian situation throughout the Gaza Strip is beyond imagination,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East warned on Sunday. The UN agency said on social media platform X that “as the complete blocking of supplies essential for survival …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | In a yard in Egypt’s capital Cairo, a line of buses awaited, ready to transport Sudanese families back to their homeland. Parents organized their luggage and kept a watchful eye on their children, their faces radiating longing and hope as they observed their bags being …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,044 Congolese refugees fleeing conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have entered the Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube District after being thoroughly screened by security and settlement management. The refugees, mainly children, women, and the elderly, arrived in …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 30 young refugees and host community girls in Arua are set to undergo a five-month residential skills development training. The training, which focuses on Catering, Tailoring/ Garment Cutting, hairdressing and Saloon, will be sponsored by Associazone Centro Aiuti Voluntare-ACAV. 15 of the girls chosen …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Danish Government has committed to spend at least 147 billion Shillings [USD40million] to support refugees and host communities in Uganda. Speaking in Kampala, Signe Winding Albjerg, the Danish Ambassador to Uganda, said the funding that is going to be provided across four years …

Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees and asylum-seekers, the largest number of any African country. But without US funding, basic services like food distribution are likely to end. Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  When Benedict and his family arrived in Uganda from Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2024, …

Some refugees at a settlement camp were about to board flights to new futures. Trump’s policy decisions mean they are starting over yet again. Harare, Zimbabwe | Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe |  After nearly two decades at the Tongogara Refugee Settlement in Zimbabwe, Philosoph qualified for resettlement in …

BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese internet users on a popular social networking platform have noticed a sudden influx of foreign newcomers who claim to have migrated from TikTok due to concerns about a potential ban by the U.S. government within the week. On Xiaohongshu, a Chinese platform with combined features …

ROME | Xinhua | More than 2,000 refugees died in 2024 while attempting to reach Europe, according to recent data from the United Nations and Italian sources. At least 2,200 refugees and migrants were reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea last year, the United Nations International Children’s Fund …