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Over thirty, (30) Burundian women that were sheltered at the Rising Woman and WellnessCenter shelter home for the past three weeks have been resettled back into their country.The women suspected to have been victims of human trafficking were intercepted at a house inBulenga, as they awaited to be flown to Saudi Arabia for work, as UGANET learnt.The women who ranged between twenty and forty years old were brought to the sheltermanned by UGANET, by officials from the Uganda Police Force.According to Afande Mukalazi Livingstone, a Detective Corporal attached to Old... Read More

Mukondo village in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Kyegegwa District, is a quiet cluster ofhomes where children play between small shops and women carry bundles of firewood on theirheads. Amid the daily hustle, Agnes Furaha stands out, not because of wealth or influence, butbecause of the story she carries and the hope she has rebuilt for herself and her family.A Life Shadowed by ViolenceAgnes’ early adult life was marked by hardship. Her first marriage in Congo ended in abuse, andafter fleeing to Uganda, her second marriage to a Rwandese man brought... Read More