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Entries from January 2009

PRDP to be operational this Financial Year

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

By Omara Elem
Lira|- The State Minister in charge of Northern Uganda David Wakikona has clarified reports that the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) is being suspended this financial year.

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Tags: PRDP

LRA fires negotiating team

January 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In a statement said to be from the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and issued in Paris this weekend, the guerrilla force has apparently fired what’s left of its negotiating team, says Peter Eichstaedt on his blog, referring to the Sudan Tribune.The LRA ended all contacts with David Matsanga, Miss Abalo and Justine Labeja. Matsanga [...]

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Tags: Kony · Peace Talks

Citizens doubt military operation against Kony

January 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

by James OmaraThe latest war in Garamba between the LRA in and the joint armies of Uganda, Sudan and Congo is intended to force rebel leader Joseph Kony back to the negotiating table. But the Northern Ugandan communities that have been affected have different views on the military operation.

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Tags: Background · Kony · New War · News from Northern Uganda · Peace Talks

Akena Obote fears for abducted children

January 10th, 2009 · No Comments

by James Omara
According to the United Nation’s Radio Okapi  bombers were seen and heard on the 4th of januari, followed by detonations in the vicinity of LRA camps. This is not far from the villages of Duru and Bitima, which also have been attacked by the rebels in recent months. What will happen to the [...]

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Tags: New War · Peace Talks