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Tonny Onyulo is a freelance print and broadcast journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has worked for both local and international media, including Voice of America (VOA), USA Today, Washington Times and Global Post. He reports across Africa for various outlets in Europe.
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An education project started by Congolese refugees in Uganda has been hailed a success. This expanding school is now sending students to universities all over the world.
While Kenya’s massive Dadaab refugee camp is shrinking due to a U.N. program repatriating refugees to Somalia, drought and insecurity are pushing some of the returnees to come back to Kenya.
Burundi is pushing for refugees to return, yet most are wary of doing so amid continued repression and possible crimes against humanity in the country. Even so, in neighboring Tanzania, some refugees feel they may have no other choice.
With 11 million Ugandans going hungry due to the historic drought in East Africa, some are registering as South Sudanese refugees so they can get some food aid.
South Sudan’s children are bearing the cost of a gruesome civil war that has left tens of thousands dead and more than 3 million displaced. A growing number of child refugees are arriving in Uganda on their own, some still wearing their school uniforms.
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