October updates show complex IDP movement patterns and upsurge in Karamoja violence

The latest UN humanitarian updating from October shows that the complex movements of IDPs to and between original displacement camps, satellite camps and their villages of origin differ highly by region. In Lango, over 95% of IDPs have returned to their homes. However, in Acholi a majority of people remain in the original camps, while less than 5% have returned to their villages. In Teso, over 75% of IDPs remain in camps, most likely due to fear from Karamojong attacks. Tens of thousands of northern Ugandans displaced outside the region also are beginning to return home. Monitoring of population movements has found that many vulnerable persons, such as those with disabilities and school-attending children, are staying behind in IDP camps.

Karamojong cattle raids are also at their highest level of recent months, while clashes between armed Karamojong civilians and the Ugandan soldiers attempting to disarm them continue.