2011 Edition

Background

The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences prevented the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections.

Area

241,038 sq km 197,100 sq km 43,938 sq km

total

241,038 sq km

water

43,938 sq km

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Oregon

Climate

tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Coastline

0 km (landlocked)

Elevation extremes

Lake Albert 621 m Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

highest point

Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

lowest point

Lake Albert 621 m

Environment - current issues

draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching

Environment - international agreements

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands Environmental Modification

party to

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified

Environmental Modification

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)

0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%) 10 cu m/yr (2002)

per capita

10 cu m/yr (2002)

total

0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%)

Geographic coordinates

1 00 N, 32 00 E

Geography - note

landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers

Irrigated land

90 sq km (2008)

Land boundaries

2,698 km Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, South Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

border countries

Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, South Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

total

2,698 km

Land use

21.57% 8.92% 69.51% (2005)

arable land

21.57%

other

69.51% (2005)

permanent crops

8.92%

Location

Eastern Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Map references

Africa

Maritime claims

none (landlocked)

Natural hazards

NA

Natural resources

copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold

Terrain

mostly plateau with rim of mountains

Total renewable water resources

66 cu km (1970)

Age structure

49.9% (male 8,692,239/female 8,564,571) 48.1% (male 8,383,548/female 8,255,473) 2.1% (male 291,602/female 424,817) (2011 est.)

0-14 years

49.9% (male 8,692,239/female 8,564,571)

15-64 years

48.1% (male 8,383,548/female 8,255,473)

65 years and over

2.1% (male 291,602/female 424,817) (2011 est.)

Birth rate

47.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

16.4% (2006)

Death rate

11.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Drinking water source

urban: 91% of population rural: 64% of population total: 67% of population urban: 9% of population rural: 36% of population total: 33% of population (2008)

rural

36% of population

total

33% of population (2008)

urban

9% of population

Education expenditures

3.2% of GDP (2009)

Ethnic groups

Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census)

Health expenditures

8.2% of GDP (2009)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

6.5% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

64,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

1.2 million (2009 est.)

Hospital bed density

0.39 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Infant mortality rate

62.47 deaths/1,000 live births 66.05 deaths/1,000 live births 58.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

female

58.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

total

62.47 deaths/1,000 live births

Languages

English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Life expectancy at birth

53.24 years 52.17 years 54.33 years (2011 est.)

female

54.33 years (2011 est.)

total population

53.24 years

Literacy

age 15 and over can read and write 66.8% 76.8% 57.7% (2002 census)

definition

age 15 and over can read and write

female

57.7% (2002 census)

male

76.8%

total population

66.8%

Major cities - population

KAMPALA (capital) 1.535 million (2009)

Major infectious diseases

very high bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) schistosomiasis rabies (2009)

animal contact disease

rabies (2009)

degree of risk

very high

food or waterborne diseases

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases

malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

water contact disease

schistosomiasis

Maternal mortality rate

430 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Median age

15.1 years 15 years 15.1 years (2011 est.)

female

15.1 years (2011 est.)

male

15 years

total

15.1 years

Nationality

Ugandan(s) Ugandan

adjective

Ugandan

noun

Ugandan(s)

Net migration rate

-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Physicians density

0.117 physicians/1,000 population (2005)

Population

34,612,250 (July 2011 est.) estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Population growth rate

3.576% (2011 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)

Sanitation facility access

urban: 38% of population rural: 49% of population total: 48% of population urban: 62% of population rural: 51% of population total: 52% of population (2008)

rural

51% of population

total

52% of population (2008)

urban

62% of population

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

11 years 11 years 11 years (2009)

female

11 years (2009)

male

11 years

total

11 years

Sex ratio

1.03 male(s)/female 1.01 male(s)/female 1.01 male(s)/female 0.7 male(s)/female 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

15-64 years

1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over

0.7 male(s)/female

at birth

1.03 male(s)/female

total population

1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

under 15 years

1.01 male(s)/female

Total fertility rate

6.69 children born/woman (2011 est.)

Urbanization

13% of total population (2010) 4.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

rate of urbanization

4.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

urban population

13% of total population (2010)

Administrative divisions

80 districts; Abim, Adjumani, Amolatar, Amuria, Amuru, Apac, Arua, Budaka, Bududa, Bugiri, Bukedea, Bukwa, Bulisa, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Butaleja, Dokolo, Gulu, Hoima, Ibanda, Iganga, Isingiro, Jinja, Kaabong, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kaliro, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kiruhara, Kisoro, Kitgum, Koboko, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Lyantonde, Manafwa, Maracha, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Mityana, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namutumba, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Oyam, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe

Capital

Kampala 0 19 N, 32 25 E UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

geographic coordinates

0 19 N, 32 25 E

name

Kampala

time difference

UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Constitution

8 October 1995; amended 2005 the amendments in 2005 removed presidential term limits and legalized a multiparty political system

Country name

Republic of Uganda Uganda

conventional long form

Republic of Uganda

conventional short form

Uganda

Diplomatic representation from the US

Ambassador Jerry P. LANIER 1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala P. O. Box 7007, Kampala [256] (414) 259 791 through 93, 95 [256] (414) 258-794

chief of mission

Ambassador Jerry P. LANIER

embassy

1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala

FAX

[256] (414) 258-794

mailing address

P. O. Box 7007, Kampala

telephone

[256] (414) 259 791 through 93, 95

Diplomatic representation in the US

Ambassador Perezi Karukubiro KAMUNANWIRE 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416 [1] (202) 726-1727

chancery

5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

chief of mission

Ambassador Perezi Karukubiro KAMUNANWIRE

FAX

[1] (202) 726-1727

telephone

[1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416

Executive branch

President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Prime Minister Amama MBABAZI (since 24 May 2011); note - the prime minister assists the president in the supervision of the cabinet Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators president reelected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016) Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 68.4%, Kizza BESIGYE 26.0%, other 5.6%

cabinet

Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators

chief of state

President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Vice President Edward SSEKANDI (since 24 May 2011) note - the president is both chief of state and head of government

election results

Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 68.4%, Kizza BESIGYE 26.0%, other 5.6%

elections

president reelected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016)

head of government

President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power on 26 January 1986); Prime Minister Amama MBABAZI (since 24 May 2011); note - the prime minister assists the president in the supervision of the cabinet

Flag description

six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK

Government type

republic

Independence

9 October 1962 (from the UK)

International law organization participation

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

International organization participation

ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Judicial branch

Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Legal system

mixed legal system of English common law and customary law

Legislative branch

unicameral National Assembly (372 seats; 215 members elected by popular vote, 104 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 79, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex-officio members; members to serve five-year terms); note - the composition of the National Assembly has changed but the the details are not yet available last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016) percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 279, FDC 34, DP 11, UPC 9, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independents 37

election results

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 279, FDC 34, DP 11, UPC 9, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independents 37

elections

last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016)

National anthem

"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!" George Wilberforce KAKOMOA adopted 1962

lyrics/music

George Wilberforce KAKOMOA

name

"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!"

National holiday

Independence Day, 9 October (1962)

National symbol(s)

grey crowned crane

Political parties and leaders

Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party or DP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza BESIGYE]; Inter-Party Co-operation or IPC (a coalition of opposition groups); Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA]; National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]; Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Miria OBOTE] a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda's transition to a multi-party political system

Political pressure groups and leaders

Lord's Resistance Army or LRA [Joseph KONY]; Young Parliamentary Association [Henry BANYENZAKI]; Parliamentary Advocacy Forum or PAFO; National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda or NAWOU [Florence NEKYON]; The Ugandan Coalition for Political Accountability to Women or COPAW

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Agriculture - products

coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry

Budget

$2.544 billion $3.137 billion (2010 est.)

expenditures

$3.137 billion (2010 est.)

revenues

$2.544 billion

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

-3.5% of GDP (2010 est.)

Central bank discount rate

14% (31 December 2010 est.) 9.65% (31 December 2009 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate

20.17% (31 December 2010 est.) 20.96% (31 December 2009 est.)

Current account balance

-$729.1 million (2010 est.) -$1.064 billion (2009 est.)

Debt - external

$2.938 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $2.49 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index

44.3 (2009) 45.7 (2002)

Economy - overview

Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold, and other minerals, and recently discovered oil. Uganda has never conducted a national minerals survey. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986, the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings. Since 1990 economic reforms ushered in an era of solid economic growth based on continued investment in infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, lower inflation, better domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. Uganda has received about $2 billion in multilateral and bilateral debt relief. In 2007 Uganda received $10 million for a Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. The global economic downturn has hurt Uganda's exports; however, Uganda's GDP growth is still relatively strong due to past reforms and sound management of the downturn. Oil revenues and taxes will become a larger source of government funding as oil comes on line in the next few years. Instability in southern Sudan is the biggest risk for the Ugandan economy in 2011 because Uganda's main export partner is Sudan, and Uganda is a key destination for Sudanese refugees.

Electricity - consumption

1.958 billion kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - exports

82.04 million kWh (2009)

Electricity - imports

82.04 million kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - production

2.176 billion kWh (2008 est.)

Exchange rates

Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar - 2,166 (2010) 2,030 (2009) 1,658.1 (2008) 1,685.8 (2007) 1,834.9 (2006)

Exports

$2.164 billion (2010 est.) $2.327 billion (2009 est.)

Exports - commodities

coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold

Exports - partners

Sudan 15.3%, Kenya 10.2%, Rwanda 8.5%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.8%, UAE 7.7%, Netherlands 6.4%, Germany 5.4%, Belgium 4.1% (2010)

GDP - composition by sector

22.5% 26.5% 50.9% (2010 est.)

agriculture

22.5%

industry

26.5%

services

50.9% (2010 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP)

$1,300 (2010 est.) $1,200 (2009 est.) $1,200 (2008 est.) data are in 2010 US dollars

GDP - real growth rate

5.2% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.) 8.7% (2008 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate)

$17.01 billion (2010 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity)

$42.15 billion (2010 est.) $40.08 billion (2009 est.) $37.37 billion (2008 est.) data are in 2010 US dollars

Household income or consumption by percentage share

2.4% 36.1% (2009)

highest 10%

36.1% (2009)

lowest 10%

2.4%

Imports

$4.264 billion (2010 est.) $3.787 billion (2009 est.)

Imports - commodities

capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals

Imports - partners

Kenya 17.1%, UAE 14.1%, China 8.5%, India 8.2%, South Africa 6.2%, Japan 5.9%, Germany 4.3% (2010)

Industrial production growth rate

8.9% (2010 est.)

Industries

sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

4% (2010 est.) 13.4% (2009 est.)

Investment (gross fixed)

23.2% of GDP (2010 est.)

Labor force

15.51 million (2010 est.)

Labor force - by occupation

82% 5% 13% (1999 est.)

agriculture

82%

industry

5%

services

13% (1999 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares

$NA (31 December 2010) $116.3 million (#REF!)

Natural gas - consumption

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - imports

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - production

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves

14.16 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)

Oil - consumption

14,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Oil - exports

0 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Oil - imports

13,770 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Oil - production

0 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Oil - proved reserves

1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)

Population below poverty line

35% (2001 est.)

Public debt

21.8% of GDP (2010 est.) 20.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$2.96 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $2.995 billion (31 December 2009 est.) excludes gold

Stock of broad money

$4.199 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $3.718 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home

$NA

Stock of domestic credit

$2.496 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $1.801 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Stock of narrow money

$2.041 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $1.881 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

15% of GDP (2010 est.)

Unemployment rate

NA%

Broadcast media

public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and television networks; Uganda first began licensing privately-owned stations in the 1990s; by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)

Internet country code

.ug

Internet hosts

19,927 (2010)

Internet users

3.2 million (2009)

Telephone system

mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 30 per 100 persons in 2009 country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

domestic

intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic; mobile-cellular teledensity about 30 per 100 persons in 2009

general assessment

mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient; work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure; international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications

international

country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

Telephones - main lines in use

327,100 (2010)

Telephones - mobile cellular

12.828 million (2010)

Airports

46 (2010)

Airports - with paved runways

1 (2010)

1,524 to 2,437 m

1

914 to 1,523 m

1 (2010)

over 3,047 m

3

total

5

Airports - with unpaved runways

8 (2010)

1,524 to 2,437 m

7

914 to 1,523 m

25

over 3,047 m

1

total

41

under 914 m

8 (2010)

Ports and terminals

Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell

Railways

1,244 km 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

total

1,244 km

Roadways

70,746 km 16,272 km 54,474 km (2003)

total

70,746 km

unpaved

54,474 km (2003)

Waterways

(there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores) (2009)

Manpower available for military service

7,249,271 7,025,439 (2010 est.)

females age 16-49

7,025,439 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49

7,249,271

Manpower fit for military service

4,313,068 4,200,901 (2010 est.)

females age 16-49

4,200,901 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49

4,313,068

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually

423,923 420,236 (2010 est.)

female

420,236 (2010 est.)

male

423,923

Military branches

Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF): Army (includes Marine Unit), Uganda Air Force (2010)

Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF)

Army (includes Marine Unit), Uganda Air Force (2010)

Military expenditures

2.2% of GDP (2006)

Military service age and obligation

18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty; 18-30 years of age for professionals; no conscription; 9-year service obligation; the government has stated that recruitment under 18 years of age could occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"; Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2010)

Disputes - international

Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; Uganda hosts 209,860 Sudanese, 27,560 Congolese, and 19,710 Rwandan refugees, while Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border

Refugees and internally displaced persons

215,700 (Sudan); 28,880 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 24,900 (Rwanda) 1.27 million (350,000 IDPs returned in 2006 following ongoing peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda) (2007)

IDPs

1.27 million (350,000 IDPs returned in 2006 following ongoing peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda) (2007)

refugees (country of origin)

215,700 (Sudan); 28,880 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 24,900 (Rwanda)