Africa: All of Africa Today – August 22, 2025

Uganda Reaches Controversial Resettlement Deal With U.S.

Uganda reached an agreement with the U.S. to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are “reluctant” to go back to their own countries. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, said that the country will not accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors under the temporary arrangement. Uganda already hosts nearly two million refugees and asylum-seekers,…