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By Joe Dinga Pefok The call by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, is already a subject of debate among journalists in Douala.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: IRIN 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 2004. Now struggling to live with the people he once terrorised, 50-year-old Apire spoke to IRIN in the northern town of Gulu
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Uganda is a victim of violence. It suffers the worst in the north because of the Lord's Resistance Army rebels. The people in the north have suffered a lot of misery, including loss of their lives and homes.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
SEVENTY percent of men in internally displaced peoples' camps drink alcohol to end their trauma, according to psychiatrists. Conan Businge reports that this almost doubles the number of women using the same coping mechanism.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Gulu District Chairman Norbert Mao has scoffed at the continued demands by the international community, especially the International Criminal Court, to have the indicted LRA leaders only tried in legally recognisable courts.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
UGANDA: Appeal for help for LRA victims, ex-rebelsGULU, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - Impoverished victims of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and former rebels being reintegrated into the community in northern Uganda need urgent support as the region recovers from more than two decades of conflict, an official of the European Union (EU) has said. On a visit to the northern town of Gulu on 22 July, Vincent...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Impoverished victims of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and former rebels being reintegrated into the community in northern Uganda need urgent support as the region recovers from more than two decades of conflict, an official of the European Union (EU) has said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) has threatened to sue any individual or organisation making false allegations against the institution.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Shortly after the execution/assassination of Dr Jonas Savimbi, veteran of a brutal 30-year war of attrition in Angola, I did a lengthy story for The Monitor newspaper in which I tried to debunk the false and sickening aura of martyrdom and even heroism that was quickly enveloping the good man's memory.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Sudan is sending its First Vice President, Gen. Salva Kiir to lobby President Yoweri Museveni to rally behind the country's leader, Gen. Omar al Bashir, indicted for war crimes in the Darfur region by the International Criminal Court.
Radio Netherlands English (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Nobody knows where rebel leader Joseph Kony is. The people of northern Uganda are fed up with waiting for an official peace agreement. They are finding their own ways of dealing with the past.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Entebbe, Uganda - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is pleading with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the indictment of Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the country’s south he leads has been implemented and a peaceful settlement in Darfur reached.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A COMMUNITY conflict resolution and peace building project has been launched in Gulu district. The 18-month project codenamed 'Healing communities, restoring hope' is funded by the European Union in conjunction with Save the Children in Uganda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Of recent, there have been calls to make teaching of religion compulsory in primary schools. Religion is faith, belief, creed, conviction. Examples include Hinduism, Buddhism, Orthodox, Islam, Christianity, Animism, and Judaism. Even these have subdivisions. Christianity has Anglicans, Catholics and Pentecost's.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Regional governments must stop just talking about eradicating negative forces in the region and swing into action, the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Aronda Nyakairima, said yesterday.
