UN agency seeks $47m for refugees in Uganda

Refugees in Uganda.

South Sudanese refugees arrive at Elegu Reception Centre in Amuru District in July 2017. Uganda is currently hosting more than 1.5 million refugees and needs about $800 million to feed them this year alone. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The UN refugee agency and 44 humanitarian partners on Friday launched an emergency appeal for funds to feed thousands of refugees who have crossed into Uganda this year.

Most of the refugees fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and sporadic clashes in South Sudan.