Transition, Connection and Uncertainty: IDPs in Kampala

Author(s)
Mallett, R.
Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
01 Feb 2010
Type
Articles
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Forced displacement and migration, Urban
Countries
Uganda
Organisations
Forced Migration Review

The article reports on research which was conducted on internally displaced persons who were displaced by Uganda's civil war and chose to reside in a Kampala, Uganda slum known as the Acholi Quarter. A discussion of the social conditions that the refugees in the Acholi Quarter face, and of services that are available to them, is presented. The impact the signing of a partial peace agreement in Uganda's civil war has had on the ability of many refugees from the Acholi Quarter to return to their former homes in northern Uganda is discussed. Uganda's position on the Acholi Quarter and its residents is examined.