Conflict analysis for Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative (URRI)

Executive summary

This conflict analysis is based on research conducted in the West Nile area of Uganda between March and June 2026 and draws on data from similar studies in this area conducted by the same research team since 2018. It aims to inform the Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative (URRI) programme, particularly the component coordinated by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in the West Nile area. The report builds on data from 12 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and 10 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with 119 respondents, a comprehensive literature review and past conflict analysis. The conflict analysis was conducted by the Participatory Research Team on Community-led Action (PARTOCA), a specialised research capacity within DRC that implements ethnographic, participatory studies across Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda using community-driven research approaches. The conflict analysis identifies local tensions and conflict dynamics, focusing mainly on resource-related tensions and conflicts between host and refugee communities across six districts (Yumbe, Moyo, Obongi, Koboko, Terego and Madi-Okollo) and five refugee settlements (Bidibidi, Palorinya, Lobule, Imvepi and Rhino Camp) in Uganda. The analysis aims to outline potential conflict sensitivity risks and opportunities to reduce tensions and strengthen peaceful co-existence within and 
around the URRI programme’s implementation areas.