Uganda

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International Crisis Group report on the Lord's Resistance Army: End Game?

Africa Report Number 182 - 17 November 2011

Massacre in Mucwini
In 2002, 56 people were killed in Pajong Parish, Mucwini by the Lord's Resistance Army in retalitation for a local man who escaped from captivity with a gun.  The massacre revived old tensions between clans over land claims; elders have initiated the process of mato oput in an attempt to quell further violence. No official recognition or accountability for the massacre has been made.  This Field Note is a first step to document the events of that fateful day and to urge national and international attention to the challenges of justice and reconciliation in northern Ugandan communities.

Lara Rosenoff's Uganda Web Site
Rich in photo essays and photographs taken in northern Uganda by Montrealer Lara Rosenoff, this is a valuable source for teachers, students and journalists.

Global Policy Forum (Uganda): Global Policy Forum documents and articles relevant to the featured country, with up-to-date information.
Global Policy Forum-Uganda

BERKELEY-TULANE INITIATIVE ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
"ABDUCTED: THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY AND FORCED CONSCRIPTION IN NORTHERN UGANDA"  
"Abducted: The Lord's Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda " was published by the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations in June 2007.  The Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations is a joint project of the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley and the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University.
The full Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations Report is available at: http://www.hrcberkeley.org/download/NUgandaReport2007.pdf

Uganda Rising: For two decades, the Acholi people of Northern Uganda have been caught in a civil war between a rebel group whose main objective is inhumane terror and a government whose military response has often increased misery and suffering. Over one and a half million people have been displaced into camps and over 25,000 children have been abducted to be used as soldiers and sex slaves. And yet through it all, every day across Acholi-land something remarkable happens. Against a backdrop of dismal statistics, miniscule opportunity and unpredictable terror, in a part of Uganda forgotten by the world, children who have never known peace, face the day as if to live this way is normal, as if they still believe in the future. These children are the embodiment of resilience and hope. This film is the story of Uganda, her stolen children, and the fight to be free.
Uganda Rising