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Uganda: breaking the circle: protecting human rights in the northern war zone

The war in northern Uganda is in its thirteenth year. The districts of Gulu and Kitgum, home of the Acholi ethnic group, have been ravaged. Approximately 400, 000 people, around 50% of the population, are internally displaced. The rural economy is catastrophically reduced. In the context of gross human rights abuses by the LRA against … Continue reading Uganda: breaking the circle: protecting human rights in the northern war zone →

Uganda: ”breaking God’s commands”: the destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army

This report is a call to recognize what is happening to a generation of northern Ugandan children from Gulu, Kitgum and neighbouring districts. It is estimated that since 1995 between five and eight thousand children, most from the Acholi people, have been abducted by the LRA and forced to become child soldiers.