Landslides Leave Hundreds of Ugandans Homeless

Landslides struck the Kisoro district in Uganda just days after a previous one had hit the Bududa district, wiping away three villages and leaving many dead, missing or displaced.

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Photo: Nicholas Kajoba

Survivors flee the aftermath of a devastating landslide which displaced 300 000 people of the Mount Elgon region and neighbouring districts.

  • Uganda:  300,000 Homeless After Landslides

    New Vision, 8 March 2010

    OVER 300,000 people in the Mount Elgon region and the neighbouring lowlands of Butaleja, Budaka and Tororo districts have been displaced following the landslide that devastated ... read more »

  • Uganda:  Aid Pours in After Landslide

    New Vision, 4 March 2010

    THE NRM Caucus was among the groups which yesterday responded to the Government's appeal for aid. read more »

  • Uganda:  Landslides Hit Kisoro, Kabale

    New Vision, 4 March 2010

    Kisoro district suffered two landslides in the last few days, according to deputy resident district commissioner, Gideon Aheebwa. read more »

  • Uganda:  Bududa Landslides - Residents Yet to Move to Camps

    The Monitor, 4 March 2010

    Just a day after President Museveni told all people in the Bududa villages to move to camps, a section of them dents have resisted the directive. read more »

  • Uganda:  Relief Aid Begins to Trickle in Bududa

    The Monitor, 4 March 2010

    Distribution of supplies for Bududa District residents affected by landslide began Thursday; four days after the soil avalanche buried three villages. read more »

  • Uganda:  Relatives Rush to Bududa

    New Vision, 4 March 2010

    Huge numbers of people are travelling to Bugisu sub-region in the east following the massive landslide in Bududa district on Monday. read more »

  • Uganda:  10,000 to Relocate Following Landslides

    New Vision, 4 March 2010

    Government is to evacuate and resettle over 10,000 people from several villages in six subcounties threatened with landslides in Bududa district. read more »

  • Uganda:  After Landslides in the East, Now Flooding

    UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 4 March 2010

    The heavy rains that caused landslides in eastern Uganda, burying hundreds of people in Bududa district, have continued pounding the region, displacing thousands more in ... read more »



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