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Medina Maneno, owner of a tailoring business-Adjumani town, Uganda © Enabel Uganda
  • News article

It was her passion for tailoring that led to the development of a business opportunity for Medina Maneno. Today, she is the proud owner of 'Medina Classic Business Center,' a thriving tailoring shop in Adjumani, town located in Northern Uganda.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • ENABEL - Belgian Development Agency
COPTIP coordinates all measures mandated in the National Action Plan which has been launched in July 2020
  • News article

‘Ugandans are increasingly trafficked for commercial sex or labour exploitation in countries such as Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,’ the U.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • GIZ
Thanks to a sandal-making training, Emmanuel Logworong turned his small retail shop into a successful sandal-making workshop
  • News article

Emmanuel Logworong, a resident of Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi District in Northern Uganda, often came across Masai traders selling sandals.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • GIZ
Harriet Juru now makes a living from her pastries
  • News article

The smell of freshly baked muffins will lead you to Keguru town’s only baker.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
Partner
  • GIZ
  • CARE
EU IOM JI Arzouma's story
  • News article

Arzouma returned from Algeria four years ago.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EU-IOM JI 5 years anniversary_Daouda story
  • News article

15 December 2021— Daouda is one of the 166 Nigerien migrants who returned from Tripoli to Niamey on a charter flight organised by the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in February 2020.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Libya
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
EU-IOM Joint Initiative: Habi story
  • News article

Habi thought that she could easily earn money working as a maid in Libya and come back to Nigeria to take care of her children with some savings.

  • 1 min read
Region and Country
  • Uganda
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • Kenya
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Guinée
  • Ghana
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Senegal
  • Tchad
  • The Gambia
  • Mali
  • Mauritanie
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroun
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
Partner
  • International Organization for Migration
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees