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Gulu, Uganda

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UGANDA: Charles Opira:
UGANDA: Charles Opira: "After eight years as a child soldier, all I want is to forget the past"
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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...
UGANDA: Fuel shortage hits aid...
UGANDA: Fuel shortage hits aid work in north
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Aid workers in northern Uganda could scale down operations if a fuel shortage persists, officials told IRIN. "Our operations for the past two weeks...
UGANDA: Children eke out a liv...
UGANDA: Children eke out a living on the streets
Saturday, October 11, 2008
John Kibwola, 14, braves the scorching afternoon sun as he sells his collection of plastic bottles along Acholi Street in the northern Ugandan town...
UGANDA: Poor hygiene fuelling ...
UGANDA: Poor hygiene fuelling Hepatitis in north
Friday, August 8, 2008
Bad hygiene and lack of adequate sanitation facilities in northern Uganda, a region still recovering from two decades of conflict, have fuelled the...
UGANDA: Ray Apire:
UGANDA: Ray Apire: "Nobody wanted to be a rebel"
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ray Apire fought for the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) for 10 years, rising to the position of major and commander, until he surrendered in...
UGANDA: Too many guns threaten...
UGANDA: Too many guns threaten returnees, say officials
IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Northern Uganda has enjoyed relative peace following years of clashes between government troops and rebels, but the prevalence of illegal weapons...
UGANDA: Nightmares spoil the d...
UGANDA: Nightmares spoil the dreams of returnees
IRIN
Saturday, December 1, 2007
The nightmares have begun again for Viola Lakwac. Ever since she left a camp for displaced people to move closer to her land in northern Uganda, she...
UGANDA: Boom time in Gulu
UGANDA: Boom time in Gulu
IRIN
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Two years ago Gulu was a war town. Every morning the people would wake up to the sound of hundreds of children making their way back home after a...
UGANDA DIARIES: Monica Atto, 2...
UGANDA DIARIES: Monica Atto, 24, former LRA abductee and soldier
IRIN
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Monica Atto, 24, was abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as a child but escaped and now lives with her children in a rehabilitation...