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New Wave of Killings in the North
Region: Uganda
Many of the murders linked to demobilised paramilitaries who fought for the government during war with LRA. By Bill Oketch in northern Uganda Former members of pro-government militias are being blamed for a series of bru... more
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Kony Adds to Peace Process Turmoil
Region: Uganda
Confusion and scepticism greet rebel leader’s calls for a return to negotiations. By Joe Wacha in Gulu Appeals by Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony for renewed peace talks coupled with the overhaul of his negotiatio... more
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The Kony Problem
Region: Uganda
By Peter Eichstaedt Uganda’s notorious rebel militia leader, Joseph Kony, has finally said something that makes sense – he’d rather die fighting than face a national court in Uganda or the International ... more
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Peace Deal Dissolves
Region: Uganda
By Charles Mpagi Mwanguhya in Kampala Northern Uganda leaders returned empty handed last week from South Sudan after waiting in vain for days to meet Joseph Kony, the elusive commander of the rebel Lord’s Resi... more
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Curtains for Kony
Region: Uganda
- By Peter Eichstaedt in The Hague (AR No. 167, 14-Apr-08) All dramas have to end. People demand that they do. That could not be more true than with the story of Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army in Ug... more
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LRA Prepares for War, not Peace
Region: Uganda
- By Katy Glassborow and Peter Eichstaedt in The Hague, with Emma Mutaizibwa in Kampala (AR No. 168, 24-Apr-08) The feared Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army, LRA, is building up its military... more
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Peace in Uganda May be Merely an Illusion
Region: Uganda
By Peter Eichstaedt, IWPR Africa Editor. Efforts to broker a lasting peace in Uganda can only be compared with trying to nail jelly to a tree: Try as you might, the effort invariably leaves a mess. Th... more
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Food Crisis Hits Northern Uganda
Region: Uganda
War-scarred region faces new woes as food prices spiral. By Bill Oketch in Lira (AR No. 173, 4-Jun-08) Helen Ocen, a widow from the village of Ajul northwest of Lira in northern Uganda, is no stranger to the daily stru... more
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