Uganda: Amid Rapid Influx of Congolese Refugees, UN Rushes Emergency Aid to Uganda

15 July 2013

The United Nations refugee agency is today sending an emergency shipment of tents, blankets and sleeping mats as part of its efforts to assist some 66,000 refugees who have sought safety in western Uganda over the last five days after fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), civilians began fleeing after a reported attack last week on the town of Kamango by the Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan rebel group said to be operating around the Ruwenzori Mountains of DRC's North Kivu province.

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