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...Global Issues to provide humanitarian support for the nearly 1.7 million people displaced by the conflict and for the re-integration of former child soldiers. After Uganda’s independence, continued conflicts amongst rebel groups have thrown the nation into turmoil. Civilians of the north, particularly in the Gulu province, have fled to squalid Internally Displaced Person camps that are poorly supplied and defended by the central government, according to the Web site. “The war may appear to have ceased, but it will cost us more to restore the hope and happiness that used to take...
...appears to be effective. In Koch Goma Camp, on the outskirts of Gulu, there was a pervasive sense of excitement on the day the tour was scheduled to arrive: schoolchildren buzzed with excitement as they waited on a hill; women stood with vegetables on their head, squinting into the distance; and men stood in pairs quietly talking under the sweltering sun. Suddenly, a convoy of sport utility vehicles whirred up a cloud of orange dust as it pulled into the camp - the rebel group had arrived to meet its victims. The crowd erupted: high-pitched singing, dancing and loudly banging...
...irony of the delegation's reception at the camp is overwhelming. But many in Gulu say reconciliation with the rebels will be the fastest route to peace. It has given the LRA a large measure of confidence. "We have absolutely no fear of the ICC; it will die a natural death," says Ayena Odong, a member of the LRA delegation. Spotlighted by television cameras at a press conference, Ojul said ruefully: "We even wish we could have signed the [peace] agreement yesterday" - were it not for the indictments. Peace by any means necessary - even if it means shunning the world...
...international event, known as Guluwalk, takes place annually in over 50 cities in the U.S., and comes in the wake of active peace negotiations that have brought relative calm to Gulu and other afflicted districts in Uganda for the first time in two decades...
...hundreds of thousands displaced by a recent flood, the area still faces dramatic challenges, according to Julian J. Atim, a Ugandan student at the Harvard School of Public Health who received the 2006 Physicians for Human Rights Award for her walk in one of the districts near Gulu. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...