Joseph Kony

Report: Ugandan war victims need more govt help

Hundreds of thousands of victims of a brutal 20-year insurgency in northern Uganda remain destitute and traumatized because the government has not created a comprehensive reparations program, rights group Amnesty International...

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Urged to Protect Civilians

Posted to the web 17 November 2008 Henry Mukasa Kampala HUMAN rights activists have asked the UN Security Council to increase the number of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect civilians from renewed...

Uganda: Charles Opira - 'After Eight Years as a Child Soldier, All I Want is to Forget the Past'

Charles Opira was 10 years old when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted him as he walked to school in Gulu, northern Uganda, in 2000. He recalls fleeing rebel captivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in June:

Africa: Continent Needs a Standby Army to Deal With Her Conflicts

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Jerry Okungui Kampala There are 17,000 United Nations troops in the DRC. If anything, all we have heard for years was the involvement of these UN troops; especially those from India for...

Congo-Kinshasa: Protect Civilians From Brutal Rebel Attacks

The UN Security Council should urgently increase the number of peacekeepers to help protect civilians in northern Democratic Republic of Congo following renewed attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), four international...

Tribal Justice Takes Root

Tribal Justice Takes RootThursday , 13 November 2008Frustrated victims of rebel war turn to mato oput healing rituals, in absence of formal judicial mechanisms. By Bill Oketch in Gulu (AR No. 192, 10-Nov-08) Sitting in her...

'Goats Contribute to Hunger in Katakwi'

Posted to the web 12 November 2008 Patrick Jaramogi Kampala KATAKWI district is facing hunger due to failure by the district to control goats, the chief administrative officer has said. "We should stop lamenting and address...

Uganda: Goss to Force LRA Out of Sudan After November

Posted to the web 12 November 2008 Fortunate Ahimbisibwe Kampala THE Government of South Sudan (GOSS) will attack the Lord's Resistance Army rebels if Joseph Kony does not sign the final peace agreement by the end of this...

ICC: Members Should Confront Critics and Increase Cooperation

Ten Years on, Use Annual Meeting to Support and Strengthen the Court International Criminal Court (ICC) member countries should speak up to support the court’s independence and mandate during their annual meeting beginning...

Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda Must Stop Aiding Nkunda's Rebels

Rwanda should stop supporting renegade general Laurent Nkunda under false pretext, Democratic Republic of Congo's Minister of Planning, Olivier Kamitatu, told Sunday Vision. In an exclusive interview conducted by Cyprian Musoke

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