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Uganda
- 48M population (2022), size of the U.S. State of Oregon.
- World’s second-youngest population, with a mean age 15.9 years.
- Poverty, lack of education, healthcare & economic opportunities.
- COVID lockdown – school closure for 2 years, longest anywhere.
- Uganda’s refugee population has almost tripled since July 2016 and is currently around 1.4 million – the largest refugee host in Africa, and third largest in the world.
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