tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83905402011-10-12T06:52:18.493+03:00This started as the on-line journal of Africa Anonymous while she was an Graduate Fellow researching and working in Northern Uganda. You gotta be good. You gotta be strong. You gotta be 2,000 places at once.Africa Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08198403532036267987noreply@blogger.comBlogger1501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390540.post-1144448025648656322006-04-08T01:10:00.000+03:002006-04-08T01:13:45.663+03:00

Hello everybody,Thank you for those you continue to click on this site from time to time. I left Uganda at the end of September for my Chadian odyssey, http://darfurrefugees.blogspot.com, and have now been thriving for a few months in London. I will continue to keep up this site as I can, though I am returning to my very first blog, http://kigalirwanda.blogspot.com, as I will again be returning

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Always talk, talk, talk. I've heard this all before, thus not optimistic much will come from it. How many times does poor Egeland have to declare Northern Uganda one of the worst forgotten humanitarian situations before something happens? It's the same story elsewhere, most obviously Darfur. I want something to change!Egeland asks for UN intervention in UgandaJuba, Sudan - United Nations

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In Uganda, a Fresh Start For Former Child FightersCenter Helps Those Who Escaped Rebels Face Their TraumasBy Emily WaxWashington Post Foreign ServiceMonday, March 13, 2006; A09GULU, Uganda -- The afternoon bell rang at the Children of War Rehabilitation Center, and a column of former child fighters filed stoically across a dusty yard, past blooming bougainvillea vines.In silence, the children

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Ugandan Campaign: Politics as Soap OperaBy Emily WaxWashington Post Foreign ServiceThursday, February 23, 2006; A16KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 22 --Ugandans joke that the campaign leading up to their first multiparty election in 25 years has had all the plot twists and heated emotions of the melodramatic Nigerian soap operas that are beloved across Africa.Ex-lovers, former friends, wives, a dictator's

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I'm settling into Chad, but feel compelled to post about the recent attacks in Northern Uganda, especially as two organizations I have worked for have been attacked. Please read and keep those in the hospital in your thoughts. UGANDA: Two aid workers killed in the north by suspected LRA rebelsKAMPALA, 27 October (IRIN) - The United Nations has condemned the attacks on humanitarian vehicles in

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Greetings all. I shall try to do my best to maintain this site and keep updates on the Northern Uganda peace process, however now I am relocating to Eastern Chad to work with Darfur refugees fleeing Sudan, so I may get a little distracted, not to mention the poor state of Chadian communications. If you are interested in my Chad experiences, please check out my new blog:http://

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DRC is right to be sensitive about Ugandan rebels crossing into its frontiers, especially after the Ugandan army's behavior in the DRC conflict, often referred to as Africa's world war, where seven African countries had rebels/armies at any given time. DRC is quite the strategic choice for the LRA...more to come on that thought.Ugandan rebels force DRC army's handBy David LewisKinshasa -The

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Good lucking group, eh?We nicknamed the little boy in the suit the Ambassador of Chad, who will escort me up the continent.

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A picture with the famous Thomas.

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Pole pole, the reality of leaving Uganda again is setting in...Last night my colleagues had a little going away party for me at the luxurious Hotel Pan Afric, where I spent two and a half months wasting away before moving to the guesthouse. I just realized how much I love this job and the people I am working with. Thomas, a driver, who had previously told me that he wants to give me a cow, took

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GREAT LAKES: Ugandan LRA rebels flee Sudan for CongoKAMPALA, 19 September (IRIN) - Sixty fighters in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have left their areas of operation in northern Uganda and southern Sudan and crossed into northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ugandan army spokesman Lt Col Shaban Bantariza said on Monday. "The area they have entered is a national park in the DRC

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I am back in Lira after a relaxing weekend back in Makindye staying with German Steffi #1. I stayed in my old bed, and while I shrugged off Steffi's initial offer to use her curtains as a comforter in light of the blanket shortage, I awoke freezing the second night and took up the offer. Uganda continues to be all about improvisation. And now I am in my final Lira days...Upon my arrival in the

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SUDAN-UGANDA: LRA rebels attack villages in south SudanKAMPALA, 15 September (IRIN) - A group of about 40 raiders believed tobe fighters of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel movementattacked villages in southern Sudan earlier this week, setting homes onfire and abducting several people, officials said on Thursday."They attacked during broad daylight [on Tuesday] the areas of Lanyaand

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I am not doing a very good job of keeping up the site these days. My Lira life and work continue to keep me busy, and to be frank, I've lost my inspiration to write! The novelty continues to fade.But I am doing great. I had a few days on the Kenyan coast last weekend, so no complaints - well aside from a blistering burn despite SPF 30. Just two days ago I moved into the guesthouse from the

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Yes, a Lira weekend for me. It’s strangely quiet and I am relishing a few moments to myself. Still stranded in the hotel – we were officially supposed to move into the guesthouse on August 1. I foresee spending the remainder of my contract hotel-bound. However, now that my colleague is on two-week leave, I have been upgraded to a finer room where I do not have to bathe over my toilet. Nice.

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UGANDA: LRA reluctant to take up new peace initiativeKAMPALA, 18 August (IRIN) - The rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has responded poorly to a recent initiative by mediators attempting to peacefully end the 19-year-old war in northern Uganda between the insurgents and government forces, sources said.Launched by Uganda's four main donors: Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and the United States,

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I came across this article on BBC today - an issue that is quite relevant here in Uganda: Sugar Daddies. If you have the time, have a gander.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4145674.stm

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A hut at Starch Factory IDP with the famous inscription "For God and My Country"

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Sweet hearts, Corner Dakatal IDP camp 

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A bunch of hams - the minute these kids saw the camera, they raced to gather to be in the picture 

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Gotta love them - these kids enjoyed the instant gratification of seeing themselves on my digital camera 

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Children gathering at Corner Dakatal - many are not in school and lack access to any sort of education, despite being an annex of Lira town 

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I just liked this scene... 

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View from Corner Dakatal IDP camp with the lonely hill in the distance 

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A little lunch by the fire 

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A muzee (old man) hanging with some kiddies at the communal kitchen, Barr Camp 

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A little one who tried to play a little hide and go seek with me 

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Another kiddie in Barr 

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Kiddies doing some dealing, suspicious of the observant monu 

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Some kiddies hanging out in Barr 

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Barr IDP camp 

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Museveni warns press over GarangBy Sebastian Usher BBC- World Media correspondentUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to close down newspapers which continue to publish conspiracy theories about John Garang's death.Mr Museveni said such speculation was a threat to national security and would not be tolerated.He accused several papers of preying on the misery of others like "vultures".

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I promise I am still here - just working like I've never worked before and without functioning internet in Lira. Now that I am briefly in Kampala I am trying to clean up house. I am attaching an article below. I usually choose ones that in my opinion shed light on Ugandan affairs, but I am attaching this one because I think it is a highly idealized, blow-up vision of what is happening with

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UGANDA-SUDAN: Garang death may hurt northern Uganda peace - commentatorsKAMPALA, 2 August (IRIN) - The death of Sudanese First Vice President John Garang in a helicopter crash on Saturday could have an adverse effect on efforts to bring peace to war-torn northern Uganda, commentators said.Northern Uganda, which borders southern Sudan, has been ravaged by two decades of a war that pits the Ugandan

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I have been back in Uganda just over a month now. I have settled in, well as much as can be expected considering my hotel confinement. I remain hopeless that our house will somehow be complete soon, though we are technically supposed to move on Monday. The Hotel Pan Afric is my Roma Hotel now – I know everybody and they are accustomed to my habits. Anne and I have decided to become the

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I’ve been a bit silent on my end. It isn’t because there isn’t enough to say because in any given day I compose several editorials in my head on the state of affairs here. I am lacking in both time and the drive to dedicate words. Today there are no excuses. Today Ugandans are to go to the polls to vote in a national referendum, that to many, will help seal the fate of this here country. The

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Ugandan paper spotlights Western isolation of country's leaderAFP20050724950013 Kampala The Monitor (Internet Version-WWW) in English 0000 GMT 24 Jul 05[FBIS Transcribed Excerpt] Ugandan paper spotlights Western isolation of country's leader Excerpt from commentary by Timothy Kalyegira entitled "The growing isolation of President Museveni" published by Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor website

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This was in Kampala, shortly after I arrived. The street is packed with people protesting amending the consitution to give Museveni a third term. In the distance, you can see the construction of the mosque, care of the Government of Libya. 

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Not the best photo, but the only one I have of Lira yet!  

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This is a performance group in the camp, performing a welcoming song for us. We later got up and danced all together - to say the least, the women were thrilled with my active participation. 

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Visiting an IDP camp in Kabermaido, halfway between Lira and Soroti towns. 

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Good Morning!I am still largely living my job every moment of the day, but I did manage to get out and about over the weekend and to delve into yet another huge book (I have found that small African towns are ideal for tackling those books that I previously found hard to commit to- such as Tolstoy, Lenin, and now the biography of Che Guevara). The woman guard at the hotel was alarmed to see that

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Just a quick note before the weekend:Despite being in a new town in Uganda I am finding that the novelty of African life has subsided. I fail to take notice of those details that were once so definitive. Therefore I am admitedly lacking in quality blog posting substance. It is strange how a small country in the middle of another continent can somehow become a home, where the customs and life

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Several months ago, hopes for peace were high. There were ceasefires, negotiations with Betty Bigombe as mediator, increased international attention, several high-level LRA commanders were coming out of the bush...Now it appears we have gotten nowhere. In the past few months there has been a sharp increase in LRA attacks on civilians and attention to the peace process appears to have been

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I’ve been in Lira for a few days now, yet I am frankly finding it difficult to write. I suppose it all seems superfluous given this week’s London events…But I shall give it a go.So I arrived late Thursday night, after traveling the all too familiar Kampala to Gulu road, and then veering after crossing the Nile River to head east towards Lira. I arrived in the evening, checked out the office and

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Yes, I have been trying to soak up my Kampala time, including friends, exercise, lattes and Indian food. Last night, as I attempted to exercise on an archaic treadmill, I enjoyed the view of about 15 Ugandans and Indians of all different shapes and sizes, shoulder-to-shoulder in a closet-sized room enthusiastically aerobicizing to "Gloria" and "Hey Mickey You're So Fine". Doesn't get any better

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I am about 48 hours and counting back in Kampala. The only word that seems to suffice to describe my re-entry is surreal. Although everything is still so familiar to me, I somehow feel outside again.I’ve already had many lovely reunions with old friends over Indian/Italian feasts with Ugandan beer (even champagne!), getting up to speed on the latest gossip and look forward to seeing many more

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Well, I cannot say that this is exactly unexpected, but it is certainly sudden: I am returning to work in Uganda. I am leaving tomorrow to work on a gender-based violence (GBV) program, based in Lira, for Christian Children's Fund. What does this mean? I will be managing the organization's GBV projects in Lira, which are supported by UNICEF under a larger Child Protection program. This

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I have visited the below camp a number of times. While I am not pleased to hear the horrible situation, which I also anticipated, it is a relief to see that somebody is finally investigating sexual and gender-based violence in the camps. It has been done on some level, but a much more comprehensive effort is needed!! There needs to be a coordinated response and of course I recognize that this is

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For the first time, I am learning to post pictures for myself, so this is my first attempt. Thank you Chante for the tutoring! This was a demonstration in Kampala, in case that wasn't evident.

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Fear and apathy feed war in northern UgandaBy Daniel WallisGULU, Uganda (Reuters) - Eight people are shot, hacked and beaten to death and their bloodied corpses dragged to the middle of a dirt road for aid workers to find.Six other fatally wounded victims are left lying nearby, screaming in agony. They die hours later.After nearly two decades of bloodshed, Ugandans are asking why atrocities such

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Thank you for the recent comments. I am still getting quite a few responses and inquiries because of my postings, so I have decided to do my best to maintain this site, even though I am not in Uganda at this time. I will continue to post relevant articles and other postings in my effort to still do my part to raise awareness about the plight of the good people of Northern Uganda.In response to

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UGANDA: More children sleeping on the streets in the north - UNICEF KAMPALA, 24 May (IRIN) - Renewed fighting, killings and abductions by rebels in northern Uganda has forced 10,000 more children to spend their nights on the streets of major towns in the region, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a report.The agency said the new "night commuters" - the name for the children who trek nightly

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I am not sure if anybody is actually following me anymore, but as I am missing Uganda and trying to transition, I thought it a good time to reflect...LESSONS:1. Spicy lentil curry before engaging in Ugandan aerobics is a bad idea2. Coercion works3. No matter where your car breaks down or how stranded you might fear to be, somebody will always come to help you4. Waragi goes with everything and

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Me with my boda boda drivers, Jimmy and Godfrey up on the hill overlooking Kampala where they pick me up. There is a bit of competition between the two, but they are both good guys (despite that Jimmy rammed into the back of one too many cars for my liking).

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You can see that despite being in swinging London, my heart may have been elsewhere...

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This is intended to gross you out. This is what happens when we would leave glasses out with any sort of liquid - a bath of ants. Neat, I know.

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Bet you thought I was gone, huh? Good to see/hear that people are still out there paying attention, though I admit it is embarrassing now that more of my Uganda friends are aware of what I am writing.So about a week ago, after a very bittersweet goodbye that involved blindfolds and drives through Kampala, I boarded my plane for London. Oh, and I caused a little scene at the airport when I went

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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUPPRENDERGAST OP-ED"End This African Horror Story"John Prendergast in the Washington Post7 April 2005The Washington PostGULU, Uganda -- Sitting in the main town in war-riddled northern Uganda, you get the feeling you are not in the middle of a conventional peace process -- not when two local women have just been abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance

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I can't help but include this photo of some of the children at Labuje camp in Kitgum. I especially have a sweet spot for that little girl in the middle! Sadly this camp is incredibly insecure and even this last week there have been several attacks and abductions - especially when the women go to collect the firewood. Two months ago I was optimisitc the conflict was winding down, now I am not

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Kelly Innocent: she just turned 3 months old and already traveled with her Mom to Mozambique for work. She kind of looks like me, eh?

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This one is in Labuje IDP camp in Kitgum. This was where the healthcenter used to stand that was erected by UNICEF. The wind blew it over, so now the 17,000 people of this camp have no health facilities - just some mobile units.

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Just a quick check-in. Another hectic week in the north. Even after all these months, I find I can still get so fired up about what is going on here. On Friday morning we met briefly with four girls who had escaped the LRA after being abducted. One of them, a young girl, is herself a mother. The girls are all members of a local women's organization that provides training in tailoring. But

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A killer monkey that tried to attack me over the weekend. Or at least he tried to attack our BBQ.

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Moses and Rose, who take care of us in Makindye. Two of the sweetest people.

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My colleague and I at Pabbo Internally Displaced Persons Camp.

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This is me with two German Steffis on the road to Lake Nabugabo, checking out the grass loin skirts at a roadside store by the equator. I was the only one who actually purchased one of these designer skirts.

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LAKE NABUGABODay One:We (three German Steffis plus me) road-trip across the equator, past Masaka, and down the road to Lake Nabugabo. No electricity, not much water coming out of the faucets, and what was coming out was brown. Did some swimming, bird and monkey-watching.I experienced my first German campfire, which means we roasted sausages and had David Hasselhoff sing-alongs. I kid you

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Murchison Falls...

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I’ve officially decided that I have been too prudent with the pictures. As long as my techmaster in Denver doesn’t object, I am going to try to get a bunch of pictures posted in the coming weeks – sort of a collection of the photos that have defined my experience. I prefer to overwhelm you with visuals rather than words. I think I will even have to abandon my overall policy of not posting

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I am not sure how many stages there are to this Uganda process, but I believe it is safe to say I have officially entered the denial phase. I avoid admitting it, but the truth is I am leaving in just a few weeks. Strange to imagine returning to that peculiar world of the West where mass-consumption and “order” are somehow a way of life. Then again, Mexican food, electricity, and wireless

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Faces to the storiesHere are two of my Roma Hotel Ladies, Grace and Beatrice. They aregreat, and Beatrice in particular has been there throughout myexperience – especially when I was laid up with the giardia last fall. They are the benefactors of the various fashion magazines that were sent to me from the States and I also try to spoil them with some goodies from time to time. On this last

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This picture may seem out of place, but has been such an integral partof my Uganda life: beans and rice topped with some sauce from the stew, but not the stew itself. Nobody does the rice and beans like Roma Hotel and it is the first dish I must indulge in every time I return. I also love that posho and cassava! If you see where the cows graze in Gulu (on the trash mounds), you will most

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Group photo - this was taken outside our Gulu office.Top row: Latim, Stig (my blunt Danish boss), Sasha (the five monthyounger brother I never had, AKA brother from another mother)Middle row: Spora (based at the Gulu office), Florence (great ladywho works for Save the Children, AKA Shave the Children), Lina (who Ialways talk about – my partner in crime)Bottom plus row: Greg, Vassie, Mark (the

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Regime of tyranny and torture back to haunt UgandaBy Adrian Blomfield in Kampala (Filed: 19/03/2005)Suspected dissidents disappear after midnight visitsto their homes; chilling screams can again be heardfrom Idi Amin's infamous torture chambers, reopenedafter a quarter of a century of disuse. From the fewthat escape come tales of punishment beatings and evenmass executions.Welcome to President

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This is the entrance to Alero IDP camp, just west of Gulu town. I am told that Alero means "I tried" and is a camp that has been especially hard hit by LRA attacks. This is where Gulu district organized events for International Women's Day and it was truly an honor to be a part of all the dancing and celebrating. When I got up to dance I was sandwiched between two elder Acholi women who seemed to

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I really got a kick out of having time to wander around Kitgum and getting to know the town a little better this time around. Even more so than in Gulu, it is quite out of the ordinary for a mzungu/monu to be without an SUV wandering the streets. This is a group of students who were running around the dirt field singing. They apparently found my presence quite amusing and started waving

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Wowza. Last week was one crazy week. Lina and I took the bus up to Gulu to participate in events organized for International Women’s Day. Our conference was scheduled to be launched this week, but political meddling forced us to reschedule until next month. Such is life.I gotta say that I love Gulu – on one corner I can buy a new battery for my watch and on the other, I can get my broken

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Yes, I am indeed behind on my blogging responsibilities. To tide ya'all over, I wanted to include this article about a killer crocidile in Uganda. Just shortly before I came to Uganda, when I was crashing on Kerri's couch in DC, I stayed up late to watch a National Georgraphic program on the killer crocs of Uganda, which incited great paranoia and anxiety about choosing to come to

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If you can believe it, these are dolphins that appeared out of the blue waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Matemwe Beach, Zanzibar. They are hard buggers to catch with a camera!

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These are boats along the shore of Stone Town, Zanzibar.

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The sun setting from the resort I stayed in.

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As I mentioned, there is quite a bit going on these days with regard to the northern Uganda conflict. A major complication is with the International Criminal Court (ICC). For those unfamiliar, the ICC entered into force on July 1, 2002 with the ratification of the Rome Statute (1998). The primary objective of the ICC is to establish a permanent court where war crimes, crimes against humanity,

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I was disappointed to find that a production of the Vagina Monologues, that I was supposed to attend in Kampala on Saturday night in order to raise awareness about sexual violence against women, with the proceeds benefiting women’s organizations in Lira and Kitgum, has been cancelled. Actually the play has been outright BANNED by the Media Council. There were a number of articles in the paper

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I am not quite sure where to begin. I had an overwhelmingly eventful week in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader – it was simply coincidental that I was traveling while so much was going on. It was an amazing week for me, especially as I finally set foot in the other districts of Acholiland for the first time. I met with many interesting people who deserve a blog entry alone, but in brief:Sam Kolo, one of

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This is a monument on the road from Kitgum to Pader to commemorate the life of an Italian priest who was killed in 1990 by the rebels. The placard reads that he dedicated his life to peace in Uganda. There are many Italian priests (and nuns for that matter) in northern Uganda and they have been around for some 150 years. Many have risked their lives going into the bush to reason with the rebels

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What does an LRA rebel look like? Onen Kamdulu was an LRA commander, seen here going through the streets of Gulu. Onen Kamdulu emerged from the bush last week - he surrendered to the UPDF. He was abducted as a young boy and remained in the bush for almost 19 years. The older man (mzee) with him is Kenneth Banya, a former LRA commander captured last year. Banya now walks the streets of Gulu,

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This next one isn't the best quality, but it is telling. My boss Stig took this one as we were getting ready to depart from Kitgum to travel by road to Pader. In a double-cabin pick-up we had a driver, two work colleagues, myself, and 10 UPDF soldiers (and I am quite sure that many were child-soldiers) to escort us. This older soldier sat in the cabin with us, his gun on alert as we traveled the

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Kelly Innocent: You knew it was coming! Here is a picture of baby Kelly. She is soon approaching the two-month mark. I got to spend some time googling over her one evening in Gulu.

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