Uganda: From Khartoum to the Garden

Urban Sudanese professionals find a new purpose in rural Uganda

Kiryandongo, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | When war tore through Khartoum and Darfur, over 20,000 Sudanese fled their homes, arriving in Kiryandongo District by May 2024. But this influx was unlike any the region had seen before.

The new arrivals were not subsistence farmers or villagers; they were urban professionals engineers, teachers, government administrators, and business owners suddenly facing a reality where their degrees and…