FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER ARMED CONFLICT
+1
million South Sudanese have taken refuge in Uganda since 2013
85%
of South Sudanese refugees are children and teenagers under 18
+30,000
children were abducted, with many serving as soldiers during the recent civil war
81%
of the population does not have internet access
17%
of youths ages 13-18 attend secondary school
For nearly 20 years, civil war raged in Uganda as the Lord’s Resistance Army waged a violent insurgency against the government. The fighting was concentrated in the Northern Uganda, where more than two million people were displaced and thousands of children were abducted and forced to serve as child soldiers. Although a peace deal was brokered in 2006, communities throughout this post-conflict portion of Uganda are still struggling to build lasting peace and prosperity.
View our Uganda annual reports:
Acholi Sub-Region – 2023 Report