Cips) Are Prepared by Researching Publicly Accessible Information Currently Available to the Refugee Documentation Centre Within Time Constraints

January 2014

Refugee Documentation Centre

Country Information Pack

UGANDA

Disclaimer Country Information Packs (CIPs) are prepared by researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Refugee Documentation Centre within time constraints. CIPs contain a selection of representative links to sources under a number of categories for use as Country of Origin Information. Links are correct at the time of publication. Please note that CIPs are not, and do not purport to be, exhaustive with regard to conditions in the countries surveyed or conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or protection. The General Human Rights Reports category contains links to information which may be useful for a number of the other categories.

List of contents:

Asylum Seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight Conflict/Security Crime/Corruption Education General Human Rights Reports Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems Health Local Information/Languages/Culture/Customs Maps Minorities/Ethnic Groups Nationality/Citizenship/Residency Political Press/Media/Freedom of Expression Prisons/Detention/Torture/Slavery

Religion/Cults State Protection Women/Children/Family

List of Documents

1. Nationality/Citizenship/Residency

Government of Uganda (1999) Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act 1999 http://www.refworld.org/category,LEGAL,,,UGA,4c59a2be2,0.html

Government of Uganda (26 September 1995) Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 http://www.refworld.org/category,LEGAL,,,UGA,3ae6b5ba0,0.html

Open Society Institute (October 2009) Citizenship Law in Africa http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/citizenship-law-africa

2. Maps

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (May 2012) Conflict-induced internal displacement in Uganda http://www.internal- displacement.org/8025708F004CE90B/httpCountry_Maps?ReadForm&countr y=Uganda&count=10000

UNHCR (14 January 2014) South Sudan Emergency Situation Map: South Sudanese Refugees http://www.ecoi.net/uganda/maps

United Nations (May 2003) Map of Uganda http://www.refworld.org/type,MAP,,UGA,460a75242,0.html

3. Local Information/Languages/Culture/Customs

BBC News (25 November 2013) Uganda Profile http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14107906

CIA (14 January 2014) The World Factbook, Uganda https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html

Ethnologue (2013) Uganda, Languages http://www.ethnologue.com/country/UG/languages

4. General Human Rights Reports

Amnesty International (23 May 2013) Annual Report 2013, Uganda http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/uganda/report-2013

Freedom House (January 2013) Freedom in the World 2013 – Uganda http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/249188/359595_en.html

Human Rights Watch (21 January 2014) World Report 2013: Uganda http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/uganda

United Kingdom Home Office (15 April 2011) Uganda, Country of Origin (COI) Report http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/coi/U ganda/

United States Department of State (19 April 2013) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, Uganda http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper

5. Conflict/Security

Afrique en Ligne (12 January 2014) Uganda-Security: Fight against terror groups keeps Uganda military occupied http://www.afriquejet.com/news/217-uganda-security-fight-against-terror- groups-keeps-uganda-military-occupied.html

BBC News (11 December 2013) Ugandan LRA rebels surrender in CAR http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25333345#

BBC News (20 November 2013) LRA leader Joseph Kony 'in surrender talks' with CAR http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25027616#

IRIN News (17 January 2014) Doubts over Uganda’s military intervention in South Sudan http://www.irinnews.org/report/99494/doubts-over-uganda-s-military- intervention-in-south-sudan

IRIN News (30 August 2013) Uganda struggles to come to terms with its disappeared http://www.irinnews.org/report/98669/uganda-struggles-to-come-to-terms- with-its-disappeared

IRIN News (1 August 2013) LRA "weaker than it has been in at least 20 years" http://www.irinnews.org/report/98509/lra-weaker-than-it-has-been-in-at-least- 20-years

Reuters (18 January 2014) South Sudan says regains key town from rebels, Uganda claims credit http://www.trust.org/item/20140118152751-cvrw0/

Saferworld (September 2013) Northern Uganda Conflict Analysis http://www.saferworld.org.uk/resources/view-resource/762

Think Security Africa (October 2013) Security briefing Uganda http://thinksecurityafrica.org/research/uganda-security-overview/

United States Department of State (30 May 2013) Chapter 2. Country Reports: Africa Overview http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209979.htm

6. Minorities/Ethnic Groups

Homosexuals

BBC News (17 January 2014) Uganda President Yoweri Museveni blocks anti-gay law http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25775002#

Danish Immigration Service (6 January 2014) Situation of LGBT persons in Uganda http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en- us/publications/SearchPublications.htm?searchType=publications

Erasing 76 Crimes (19 January 2014) Even if Uganda’s anti-gay bill dies, more worries ahead http://76crimes.com/2014/01/19/even-if-ugandas-anti-gay-bill-dies-more- worries-ahead/

Human Rights Watch (20 December 2013) Uganda: President Should Reject Anti-Homosexuality Bill http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/20/uganda-president-should-reject-anti- homosexuality-bill

International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (May 2013) Uganda. State-sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/1161

Kaleidoscope Trust (10 November 2013) Speaking Out: The rights of LGBTI citizens from across the Commonwealth – Uganda http://kaleidoscopetrust.com/speaking-out

Minorities/Ethnic Groups

Daily Mail (17 May 2013) Worlds apart: Uganda tops list of most ethnically diverse countries on Earth while South Korea comes bottom http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326136/Worlds-apart-Uganda-tops- list-ethnically-diverse-countries-Earth-South-Korea-comes-bottom.html

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (25 May 2013) The Indigenous World 2013 http://www.iwgia.org/publications/search-pubs?publication_id=613

Minority Rights Group International (24 September 2013) State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2013 http://www.minorityrights.org/12071/state-of-the-worlds-minorities/state-of-the- worlds-minorities-and-indigenous-peoples-2013.html

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Acholi http://www.minorityrights.org/5033/uganda/acholi.html

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Basongora http://www.minorityrights.org/5042/uganda/basongora.html

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Batwa http://www.minorityrights.org/5044/uganda/batwa.html

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Karamojong and related groups http://www.minorityrights.org/5032/uganda/karamojong-and-related- groups.html

7. Religion/Cults

Morning Star News (8 July 2013) Mulinde, other Converts from Islam in Uganda Struggle to Recover http://morningstarnews.org/2013/07/mulinde-other-converts-from-islam-in- uganda-struggle-to-recover/

The New Vision (8 August 2013) Uganda: Muslims Mark Eid-El-Fitr, Police On High Alert http://allafrica.com/stories/201308081250.html

Radio Netherlands Worldwide (15 August 2012) Ugandan acid attack victim Mulinde speaks up http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/ugandan-acid-attack-victim-mulinde-speaks

United States Department of State (20 May 2013) 2012 International Religious Freedom Report – Uganda http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/247519/357734_en.html

Washington Times (18 January 2012) Christians in Uganda demand protection from Muslim extremists http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/18/christians-in-uganda- demand-protection-from-muslim/?page=all

8. Political

BBC News (25 November 2013) Kampala mayor Erias Lukwago ousted by councillors http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25086200#

BBC News (21 November 2013) Uganda Profile, President: Yoweri Museveni http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14112299

Centre for Strategic & International Studies (20 February 2013) Politics and Protest in Uganda http://csis.org/publication/politics-and-protest-uganda

CIA (6 November 2013) World Leaders, Uganda https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/UG.html

Reuters (14 December 2013) Dissident Ugandan general launches opposition party http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/14/us-uganda-politics- idUSBRE9BD09D20131214

Reuters (21 November 2013) Ugandan opposition figure charged over 'unlawful society' http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-uganda-politics-besigye- idUSBRE9AK16F20131121

Voice of America (9 January 2014) Uganda Opposition Leaders to Be Charged with Inciting Violence http://allafrica.com/stories/201401100595.html

Voice of America (9 October 2013) New Uganda Political Organization Challenges President's Rule http://www.voanews.com/content/uganda-new-political- organization/1765873.html

9. State Protection (For State Protection of Particular Groups, see the relevant section)

Human Rights Watch (26 April 2013) Uganda: No Justice for April 2011 Killings http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/25/uganda-no-justice-april-2011-killings

International Center for Transitional Justice (15 October 2013) Chief Justice Kavuma says, "Uganda is one of the safest places to live in" http://ictj.org/news/chief-justice-kavuma-says-uganda-one-safest-places-live

International Federation for Human Rights (6 September 2013) Uganda: Authorities are called upon to uphold their human rights obligations http://www.fidh.org/en/africa/Uganda/uganda-authorities-are-called-upon-to- uphold-their-human-rights-13916

Voice of America (30 September 2013) Attorney Says Uganda Soldiers Unlikely to Receive Fair Trial http://www.voanews.com/content/attorney-says-uganda-soldiers-unlikely-to- receive-fair-trial/1760167.html

World Organisation Against Torture (19 December 2013) Uganda: Uganda’s Constitutional Court should repeal the Public Order Management Act as unconstitutional http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent- interventions/uganda/2013/12/d22512/

10. Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems

Civil Society

Amnesty International (5 August 2013) Uganda: Public Management Order Bill is a serious blow to open political debate http://www.refworld.org/cgi- bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=printdoc&docid=5200a6a64

Article 19 (19 September 2013) Uganda: Government should drop NGO registration renewal process http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37248/en/uganda:- government-should-drop-ngo-registration-renewal-process

East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (11 June 2013) Kampala: Launch of a National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders http://www.defenddefenders.org/2013/06/kampala-launch-of-a-national- coalition-for-human-rights-defenders/

The International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (16 October 2013) NGO Law Monitor: Uganda http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/uganda.html

Development/Economic/Humanitarian

Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2014) Uganda Country Report http://www.bti-project.org/reports/country- reports/esa/uga/index.nc?tx_itaoreport_pi1[action]=show

Chronic Poverty Research Centre (October 2013) The 2nd Chronic Poverty Report – Uganda, Is Anybody Listening? http://www.chronicpovertynetwork.org/blog/314-uganda%E2%80%99s-7- million-chronic-poor-second-chronic-poverty-report-for-uganda-to-be- launched-as-the-country-pivots-away-from-poverty-eradication-to- %E2%80%98economic-transformation%E2%80%99

Daily Monitor (24 October 2013) Report points to Uganda’s snail pace in poverty fight

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Economic Times (17 January 2014) S&P downgrades Uganda, shilling weakens http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/sp- downgrades-uganda-shilling-weakens/articleshow/28967527.cms

Famine Early Warning System Network (31 October 2013) Uganda Food Security Outlook October 2013 to March 2014 http://www.fews.net/east-africa/uganda/food-security-outlook/thu-2013-10-31- mon-2014-03-31

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (30 November 2013) Report of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Analysis for Uganda http://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-detail-forms/ipcinfo-resource- detail0/en/c/212512/

IRIN News (23 January 2014) Alarm over mandatory gardens in Karamoja http://www.irinnews.org/report/99523/alarm-over-mandatory-gardens-in- karamoja

IRIN News (20 July 2013) Food insecurity threatens 1.2 million in Uganda's northeast http://www.irinnews.org/fr/report/98393/food-insecurity-threatens-1-2-million- in-uganda-s-northeast

United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (17 January 2014) Cereal banks – a weapon in the fight against food scarcity in Karamoja http://www.fao.org/emergencies/resources/documents/resources- detail/en/c/212583/

United States Agency for International Development (12 September 2013) Food Assistance Fact Sheet – Uganda http://www.usaid.gov/uganda/food-assistance

World Bank (August 2013) Jobs: Key to Prosperity http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18202706/uganda- economic-update-jobs-key-prosperity

Governance/Justice

Article 19 (1 November 2013) Uganda: Analysis of Public Order Management Act http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37331/en/uganda:-public- order-management-act

Daily Monitor (23 January 2014) Court bailiffs accuse police of unfairness http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Court-bailiffs-accuse-police-of- unfairness/-/688334/2156554/-/ksltq6/-/index.html

New Vision (15 October 2013) Uganda governance rating improves http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648405-uganda-governance-rating- improves.html

Voice of America (10 September 2013) Uganda Supreme Court to Hear Case of Expelled MPs http://www.voanews.com/content/ugana-supreme-court-to-hear-case-of- expelled-mps/1747179.html

11. Press/Media/Freedom of Expression

Amnesty International (24 May 2013) Uganda: Activists arrested as disturbing crackdown on media continues http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/uganda-activists- arrested-disturbing-crackdown-media-continues-2013-05-24

Article 19 (20 November 2013) Eastern Africa Freedom of Expression Status Booklet: January - October 2013 (Uganda excerpt) https://eajournalistdefencenetwork.org/News-and-Highlights/report-on-status- of-freedom-of-expression-in-eastern-africa.html

Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (May 2013) The Quest For Safety And Security Of Journalists In Uganda, Trends & Patterns http://www.hrnjuganda.org/reports.php

Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (28 November 2013) Ugandan police arrest journalists in escalating crackdown on free expression http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2013/11/28/journalists_arrested/

Human Rights Watch (20 May 2013) Uganda: Stop Harassing the Media http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/20/uganda-stop-harassing-media

International Press Institute (31 May 2013) Daily Monitor, other media outlets re-open in Uganda after 10-day police occupation http://ipi.freemedia.at/index.php?id=269&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=232&cH ash=f21976f05ffd12ee22c26e2e82aaf85d

Reporters Without Borders (27 November 2013) Political battle leads to arrests, other collateral damage for media http://en.rsf.org/ouganda-political-battle-leads-to-arrests-27-11- 2013,45525.html

Reporters Without Borders (17 June 2013) Kampala-based reporter killed, motive still unclear http://en.rsf.org/uganda-kampala-based-reporter-killed-17-06- 2013,44812.html

12. Women/Children/Family

Children

BBC News (21 June 2013) Uganda malnutrition: Cost of hungry children revealed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22984089

Columbia University (31 July 2013) Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces - Uganda Field Study Summary Report http://www.wvi.org/global-engagement/pressrelease/new-research-reveals- long-term-benefits-emergency-safe-spaces

Daily Monitor (10 January 2014) Eastern Uganda leads in ritual sacrifice http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Eastern-Uganda--leads-in-ritual- sacrifice/-/688334/2140424/-/wgf663/-/index.html

International Organisation for Migration (5 November 2013) IOM Uganda returns trafficked children to communities of origin http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/news-and-views/press-briefing- notes/pbn-2013/pbn-listing/iom-uganda-returns-trafficked-ch.html

Inter Press Service (13 June 2013) Putting Uganda's Working Kids Back in School http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/putting-ugandas-working-kids-back-in-school/

IRIN News (9 January 2013) Peace restored, but northern Uganda’s children still struggle http://www.irinnews.org/report/97206/uganda-peace-restored-but-northern- children-still-struggle

The Observer (22 November 2013) Children ‘can’t tell inappropriate touch’ http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28747 &Itemid=114

The Observer (6 May 2013) Street children: choice between order, charity http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25117 &Itemid=114

The Observer (6 March 2013) Immunisation: from six to eleven killer diseases http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2404 7&catid=58&Itemid=89

Overseas Development Institute (31 October 2013) Good policies versus daily discrimination: Adolescent girls and gender justice in Uganda http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/7958-adolescent-girls-social-norms-girls- poverty-culture?utm_source=ODI_Update&utm_medium=feed

United Nations Children's Fund (16 September 2013) Mix of old and new helps cut child deaths in Uganda

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United States Department of Labour (30 September 2013) 2012 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Part V: Country Profiles – Uganda http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/uganda.htm

Women

Global Legal Monitor (8 July 2013) Uganda: Women Judges Voice Concern over Domestic Violence http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403631_text

Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (23 September 2013) Women’s and girls’ benefits from market-oriented agriculture in Uganda http://www.gsdrc.org/go/display&type=Helpdesk&id=998?utm_source=feedbu rner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GSDRCResearchReport s+%28GSDRC+Research+Reports%29

International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (24 September 2013) Ugandan 'maternal mortality crisis' petition back in court http://www.figo.org/news/ugandan-maternal-mortality-crisis-petition-back- court-0011573

The Observer (22 November 2013) Sexual violence big problem, say activists http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2874 3:sexual-violence-big-problem-say-activists&catid=34:news&Itemid=114

The Observer (20 October 2013) Can women own land? http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2812 7:can-women-own-land&catid=61:special-report&Itemid=90

Social Institutions and Gender Index (2012) Uganda http://genderindex.org/country/uganda

28TooMany (July 2013) Country Profile: FGM in Uganda http://www.28toomany.org/countries/uganda/

Tufts University - Feinstein International Center (17 June 2013) Making Gender-Just Remedy and Reparation Possible - Upholding the Rights of Women and Girls in the Greater North of Uganda http://fic.tufts.edu/publication-item/making-gender-just-remedy-and-reparation- possible/

United Nations Population Fund (1 February 2013) Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage http://unfpa.org/public/home/news/pid/12673

United States Department of State (19 June 2013) Trafficking in Persons Report 2013 – Uganda http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/index.htm

Voice of America (15 March 2013) Ugandan Marriage Bill Pits Women's Rights Against Tradition http://www.voanews.com/content/ugandan-marriage-bill-pits-women-rights- against-tradition/1622252.html

World of Women (9 January 2013) Uganda: For Uganda's Youngest MP Age Not A Deterrent, But Sexism Is http://www.peacewomen.org/news_article.php?id=5639&type=news

13. Prison/Detention/Torture/Slavery

African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (March 2013) Estimating the Socio-Economic Effects of Torture in Uganda http://www.actvuganda.org/index.php?q=category/resource-type/research- reports-and-surveys

Hands Off Cain (2013) Uganda http://www.handsoffcain.info/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=13&no me=uganda

The Human Rights Centre Uganda (21 June 2013) The New Anti-Torture Law And Fulfillment Of Uganda’s International And Constitutional Obligations http://www.hrcug.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=190:th e-new-anti-torture-law-and-fulfillment-of-ugandas-international-and- constitutional-obligations&catid=60:articles&Itemid=191

International Committee of the Red Cross (16 January 2014) Combating TB, HIV and malaria in detention – Uganda’s experience http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/film/2014/01-16-uganda-health- care-prisons.htm

The New Vision (28 August 2013) Uganda: The Number of Torture Victims Is On the Rise http://allafrica.com/stories/201308290049.html?viewall=1

The Observer (3 November 2013) Uganda: Prisons On the Spot Over Prisoners' Labour http://allafrica.com/stories/201311040067.html

14. Crime/Corruption

BBC News (26 September 2013) Uganda: Army 'spent $780 on saucepan' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24288472

Business Anti-Corruption (April 2013) Uganda Country Profile http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/sub-saharan- africa/uganda/show-all.aspx

Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (26 June 2013) Ugandan anti-corruption activists arrested, charged with inciting violence http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2013/06/26/hrnj_uganda_alert_anti/

Human Rights Watch (21 October 2013) “Letting the Big Fish Swim”, Failures to Prosecute High-Level Corruption in Uganda http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/10/21/letting-big-fish-swim-0

Transparency International Uganda (27 October 2013) Uganda tops East Africa in Corruption http://tiuganda.org/data/news/1/Uganda-tops-East-Africa-in-Corruption.html

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (8 April 2013) Uganda: overview of corruption and anti-corruption http://www.u4.no/publications/uganda-overview-of-corruption-and-anti- corruption/

15. Education

African Medical and Research Foundation (27 March 2013) Water tank improves lives of pupils and neighbouring community http://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/water-tank-improves-lives-pupils-and- neighbouring-community

BBC News (8 January 2014) Tackling Uganda's lack of school places http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25304848

New Vision (15 November 2013) Gulu School closed again over floods http://www.newvision.co.ug/article/fullstory.aspx?story_id=649448&catid=1&m id=53

The Observer (19 January 2014) Kasese closes 68 schools http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2968 9:kasese-closes-68-schools&catid=85:education&Itemid=106

The Observer (10 November 2013) Education reduces early marriages – Survey http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2848 2:education-reduces-early-marriages-- survey&catid=85:education&Itemid=106

Word Bank (19 November 2013) Education and health services in Uganda :data for results and accountability http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18523074/education- health-services-uganda-data-results-accountability

16. Health

General

IRIN News (24 June 2013) Uganda's nodding syndrome centres low on drugs, food http://www.irinnews.org/report/98271/uganda-s-nodding-syndrome-centres- low-on-drugs-food

IRIN News (7 June 2013) Uganda grapples with critical blood shortage http://www.irinnews.org/report/98188/uganda-grapples-with-critical-blood- shortage

IRIN News (14 May 2013) Uganda grapples with paediatric vaccine shortages http://www.irinnews.org/report/98033/uganda-grapples-with-paediatric- vaccine-shortages

Malaria Consortium (12 September 2013) Sustaining Integrate Community Case Management to improve Child Health in Uganda http://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/sustaining-integrated-community-case- management-improve-child-health-uganda

The Observer (28 July 2013) Who will heal Uganda’s ailing health system? http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26662%3 Awho-will-heal-ugandas-ailing-health- system&catid=57%3Afeature&Itemid=69

Abortion

Center for Reproductive Rights (June 2013) The Stakes Are High: The Tragic Impact of Unsafe Abortion and Inadequate Access to Contraception in Uganda http://reproductiverights.org/en/press-room/new-report-unsafe-abortion-and- inadequate-access-to-contraception-in-uganda

Guttmacher Institute (4 September 2013) Documenting the Individual- and Household-Level Cost of Unsafe Abortion in Uganda https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3917413.html

Guttmacher Institute (January 2013) Abortion in Uganda http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-Abortion-in-Uganda.html

IRIN News (25 February 2013) The high cost of unsafe abortion in Uganda http://www.irinnews.org/report/97543/the-high-cost-of-unsafe-abortion-in- uganda

New Vision (22 October 2013) Unsafe abortions kill 1,500 women a year in Uganda http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648666-unsafe-abortions-kill-1-500-women- a-year-in-uganda.html

Disability

The Independent (18 February 2013) People with disabilities on the rise in Uganda http://www.independent.co.ug/news/news/7474-people-with-disabilities-on- the-rise-in-uganda

The Observer (19 January 2014) Special-needs teachers, gems in short supply http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2969 0:special-needs-teachers-gems-in-short- supply&catid=85:education&Itemid=106

The Observer (2 January 2014) Uganda: Disabled Fail to Utilise Sh120 Million http://allafrica.com/stories/201401030184.html

The Observer (24 January 2013) Health sector remains blind to needs of the disabled http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2330 8&catid=57

HIV/AIDS

Brookings (15 November 2013) Halting and Reversing the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda: President Museveni Publically Tests for HIV http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2013/11/15-museveni- publically-tests-for-hiv-ahaibwe

International Organisation for Migration (21 January 2014) IOM Uganda Promotes HIV/AIDS Prevention among Mobile Populations http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/news-and-views/press-briefing- notes/pbn-2014/pbn-listing/iom-uganda-promotes-hivaids-prev.html

Inter Press Service (20 December 2013) Ugandan HIV Drugs Outpriced by Imports http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/ugandan-arv-manufacturers-struggling- market-drugs/

IRIN News (23 December 2013) New law a setback for Uganda’s HIV response http://www.irinnews.org/report/99380/new-law-a-setback-for-uganda-s-hiv- response

Voice of America (30 October 2013) New Index Highlights Levels of HIV Stigma in Uganda http://www.voanews.com/content/new-index-highlights-levels-of-hiv-stigma-in- uganda/1779901.html

Mental Health

Daily Monitor (2 September 2013) Psychotrauma: The wounds on the inside http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Psychotrauma--The-wounds- on-the-inside/-/691232/1975560/-/158qgnv/-/index.html

The Observer (29 December 2013) Patients overwhelm Butabika hospital http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29339 &Itemid=114

The Observer (1 October 2013) 7 million Ugandans suffer mental disorder http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2777 3:7-million-ugandans-suffer-mental-disorder&catid=58:health-living&Itemid=89

New Vision (19 December 2013) Children with mental illness on the rise http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/650668-children-with-mental-illness-on-the- rise.html

17. Asylum seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight

Human Rights Watch (4 November 2013) Uganda/Rwanda: Forcible Return Raises Grave Concerns http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/04/ugandarwanda-forcible-return-raises- grave-concerns

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (29 April 2013) Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence – Uganda http://www.internal- displacement.org/8025708F004CFA06/(httpPages)/713EC5B3D03718FE802 5709A004F7148?OpenDocument&category=2013&count=1000&expandall

IRIN News (15 January 2014) Refugee arrivals in Uganda raise humanitarian, security concerns http://www.irinnews.org/report/99477/refugee-arrivals-in-uganda-raise- humanitarian-security- concerns?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed %3A+ungen+(UN+gender+equality+news+feed)

IRIN News (14 August 2013) Uganda says DRC refugees must move to designated camp http://www.irinnews.org/report/98568/uganda-says-drc-refugees-must-move- to-designated-camp

Reuters (7 January 2014) Uganda opening new camps as South Sudanese refugees stream in http://www.trust.org/item/20140107130040-0wshf/?source=hpagehead

UNHCR (17 January 2014) UNHCR - more camps for South Sudanese refugee population in East Africa http://www.trust.org/item/20140117114357-hzwlj/?source=search

UNHCR (15 January 2014) Uganda Flash Update: South Sudanese Influx 12 - 15 January 2014 http://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/uganda-flash-update-south-sudanese-influx- 12-15-january-2014

UNHCR (4 November 2013) Fresh fighting triggers new Congolese refugee inflow to Uganda http://www.refworld.org/cgi- bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=printdoc&docid=527b96c74