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- ↑ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Oliji (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ↑ "South Sudanese grow rice, and community ties, in Uganda". UNHCR Canada. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ↑ "Uganda Refugee Response Monitoring Settlement Fact Sheet: Oliji (June 2018) - Uganda". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-28.