Alere 2 Refugee Settlement is located in Adjumani District in the Northern Region of Uganda. [1]
Alere 2 Refugee Settlement is located in Adjumani District in the Northern Region of Uganda. [1]
On June 12, 1990, Alere 2 was created. Since then, over 6,000 people live in the settlement including Second Sudanese Civil War refugees. [1]
A project to build a sanitation system for Alere was started in 2019. [2]
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