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By Our Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda\u2019s  Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement this morning announcing the arrival of the first group of  51 Afghanistan refugees following a  request from the government of  United States of America led by President Joe Biden .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda is considered a strong ally of the USA especially in the fight against terrorists in the Horn of Africa .The refugees who have temporarily been booked in hotels around the\u00a0 airport area in Entebbe were transported to Uganda on a chartered flight. The \u00a0refugees include \u00a0men, women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regime in Kampala has offered to host in the upwards of  2,000 Afghan refugees who are fleeing the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan.  Uganda has been  globally recognized for its hospitality and being a refugee  hosting country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, with over 1,400,000 refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe decision to host those in need is informed by the government of Uganda\u2019s consistent policy of receiving refugees and persons in distress as well as playing a responsible role in matters of international concern,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Our Reporter Uganda\u2019s  Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement this morning announcing the arrival of the first group of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/agan.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10373,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ambassador-popp-inspects-usa-funded-projects-in-western-uganda\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":0},"title":"Ambassador Popp Inspects USA Funded Projects In Western Uganda","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"USA funded projects support 500,000 refugees and 3M Ugandans By Our Reporter The New USA Ambassador to Uganda, William Popp has made his first trip to western Uganda where he inspected projects that are funded by the US government. 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