Uganda to host 2,000 Afghan refugees on US request
Many citizens are fleeing after the Taliban takeover
Focus on Africa · BBC World Service
August 17, 202123m 2s
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Uganda will take in 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the crisis in their country.Refugees Minister Esther Anyakun told the BBC that President Yoweri Museveni agreed to take in the refugees at the request of the Americans.
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