Uganda to temporarily host 2,000 Afghan refugees

Uganda said that it would be temporarily hosting some 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban inorder to honour United States government request

Speaking this Tuesday, Esther Anyakun Davinia, Uganda’s junior minister for relief, disaster preparedness and refugees said: “The request was made yesterday by the U.S. government to H.E. [President Yoweri Museveni] and he has given them an OK to bring 2,000 [Afghan] refugees to Uganda.”

According to a post on social media by international NGO East Africa Refugee Relief, some 500 Afghans are expected to land on Tuesday at Entebbe International airport.

The disaster preparedness ministry said they are prepared for their arrival.