In marking World Refugee Day, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR is appealing to nations to keep their doors open to the many people fleeing conflict, persecution and abuse. Refugees in Uganda are adopting skills to support themselves amid food cuts by the government and its aid partners, saying it’s time they learn to live on their own rather than depend on aid. Sudan’s army has been in talks with Russia to allow it to build a naval logistics base on the Red Sea in exchange for arms.