UNHCR, the Office of the Prime Minster (OPM) and partner agencies today officially launched a communication system for refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda. The two-way communication system is being rolled out to all refugee settlements in Uganda and is anticipated to cover the entire refugee operation by February 2019.

UNHCR's assessment in Thonyor found that thousands of people have returned to the area and are in great need of shelter, food and non-food items.

UNHCR's Representative for South Sudan visited Unity State along with South Sudan's Commissioner for Refugee Affairs to look into Ajuong Thok's expansion.

UNHCR welcomes Uganda Communications Commission directive to improve refugees’ access to SIM cards.

UNHCR welcomes Ethiopia’s historic new refugee law which will now allow refugees to obtain work permits, access primary education, obtain drivers’ licenses, legally register life events such as births and marriages and open up access to national financial services, such as banking.

UNHCR was part of a HCT-led assessment of Leer, Akobo and Pagak to explore the possibility of the assisted relocation of IDPs from the POC sites of Bor and Wau.

UNHCR together with the government refugee agency-ARRA- and other partners marking World Refugee Day in Addis Ababa on 19 June 2015.

UNHCR together with the Commission for Refugee Affairs and DRC facilitated the election of 72 refugee representatives (36 men and 36 women) in Ajuong Thok.

UNHCR together with refugees and partner organizations kicked off World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) in refugee camps across South Sudan.

UNHCR teamed up with UNMAS to provide mine risk education training to 150 internally displaced South Sudanese living at the Wau POC.