ICC orders record $US56 million compensation for Uganda victims
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of €52 million ($US56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Wednesday, in a record reparations order. Judges said Ongwen, a former child-soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the top commanders […]
Essay: Uganda – how to bring justice for thousands of children born of war
In an article first published on The Conversation, TONNY RAYMOND KIRABIRA and LEILA CHOUKROUNE, of the University of Portsmouth, argue that unless crimes against children in the 20 year long civil war in Uganda are dealt with, the world risks another generation of alienated young people…
UGANDA: “CUTTING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT” – UGANDANS VOW TO CURB RAMPANT DEFORESTATION
LIAM TAYLOR reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on concerns about rapid deforestation in Uganda…
POSTCARDS: AUTO REPAIR SHOP JUMP-STARTS UGANDAN CHILD SOLDIERS INTO NEW LIVES
INNA LAZAREVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Uganda…
UGANDA: RETURNING LRA HOSTAGES FACE NEW ORDEAL OVER LAND CONFLICTS
SALLY HAYDEN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the hardships facing returning hostages in rural Uganda…
Therapy dogs heal traumatised survivors of brutal Ugandan war
Thomson Reuters Foundation Francis Okello wanted to kill himself after he was blinded at the age of 12 by an unexploded bomb while digging in his family garden in northern Uganda – until he made friends with a dog. “I would have nightmares,” said Mr Okello, who lives in an area that has been scarred […]
Uganda and US call off search for notorious African warlord Joseph Kony
The Ugandan Government has called off the search for notorious African warlord Joseph Kony who came to worldwide prominence after a short film about his group’s atrocities went viral in 2012. Kony leads the so-called Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), an armed group which operated in northern Uganda and southern Sudan, and which, as well as […]
POSTCARDS: RETIRED UGANDAN BISHOP SEEKS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR FORMER CHILD SOLDIERS
FREDRICK NZWILI, of Religion News Service, reports on how a retired Anglican bishop is championing the cause of restorative justice in northern Uganda…