The refugee settlements are located in Adjumani District, within the West Nile sub-region of north-western Uganda, which borders South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[2] In 2002 and 2003, the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conducted many attacks in north-western Uganda, which housed over 100,000 refugees at the time.

[3] In 2019, a project by World Vision International (WVI), in collaboration with the United Nation Development Programme, was started in Maaji II.

The project aimed to promote coexistence between tribes within the settlement by providing road construction jobs (in a "cash for work" program) to selected vulnerable families.

[7] Another project in Maaji II, by the Women's International Peace Centre supported by the UNHCR and local governments, attempted to address conflicts primarily between the Nuer and Dinka.

[2] The report stated that the Maaji refugees were faced with some challenges which include; lack of employment and limited access to building materials, preventing the renovation and rehabilitation of their shelters[9] Many Organizations and different partners ensure that almost every part of refugee camp is planted with trees that Will protect the settlement from heavy rainfall and wind