Education still elusive goal for refugees even with Uganda’s open door policy
The Rhino Camp in Ofua, northern Uganda, that houses displaced children from South Sudan in this picture taken on August 9, 2017. Children make up 60 percent of the refugee population in the country. PHOTO | FILE | DPA via AFP
Halid Aluma had just completed his primary school education in 2016 when he was forced to flee to Uganda, leaving everything else behind.
Fresh fighting had broken out between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his then vice president Riek Machar. This had been Aluma’s life, several times before.
