Uganda Struggles to Cope with Influx of Refugees

Uganda is struggling to secure the help it needs to care for those forced across the border from South Sudan by war and hunger.

New arrival refugees receive daily food rations of maize grains (posho) and beans at Imvepi settlement

Refugees in Uganda

An elderly woman carrying her meal at Imvepi

South Sudanese children washing their hands after getting off the bus. About 2,000 refugees cross into Uganda every day

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