By; Newsroom

President Museveni has advised African countries to desist from bad Politics that has threatened safety and human security forcing them to seek asylum as refugees outside their countries.

Addressing the UN – Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees at the Common wealth resort Munyonyo Museveni said that Africans should develop a spirit of patriotism that will help people from bad ideologies like sectarianism which breeds hatred and misunderstanding forcing people out of their countries

Museveni advised the refugees to utilities all available opportunities provided by Uganda government and the UN to build themselves in knowledge and skills which will benefit their home countries when they return.

Uganda is ranked 1st in Africa and the 3rd in the whole world after Turkey and Pakistan to be hosting high numbers of refugees with a total of 1.2 million people with the highest number coming from south Sudan.

This comes as the European Union has pledged an additional 85 million euro which is about 336 billion Shillings) to the refugee response in Uganda, a contribution which drives the EU support to almost 210 million euro which is approximately 831 billion Shillings.


Saturday 24th June 2017 07:44:40 AM