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IRIN Web Special on the crisis in Northern Uganda

T E S T I M O N I E S

VOICES OF PAIN, VOICES OF HOPE, TESTIMONIES FROM UGANDA'S ACHOLI REGION

Years of insecurity have sown untold suffering in northern Uganda's Acholi Region. Death, torture, humiliations, rape and displacement are among the traumas its people are forced to endure. During a visit to Gulu, a district in Acholi Region, in late July 2003, IRIN interviewed a number of residents and officials. Some were still trying to cope with the effects of a prolonged nightmare in which they were both victims and abusers. Others felt helpless, able to do little more than act as powerless witnesses to the gradual destruction of their society. Still others hoped for international help to end the war and give them a chance to rebuild their shattered lives.

Some of their testimonies are reproduced here:

- Reagan Okumu, parliamentarian and member of a presidential peace team
- Baker Ochola, retired bishop of Kitgum
- Okello Milton Stephen, medical officer in Olwal camp, Gulu
- Richard Obina, former abductee
- Bisentina Akello, displaced person

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Crisis in Northern Uganda [Photo Credit: Sven Torfinn (2002)]
Contents
Features
Testimonies
Video
Web Links
  • Human Watch Report (July 2003)
  • Humanitarian Information Network
  • Government of Uganda
  • Global IDP Project
  • Refugees International
  • Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative
  • UPDF Operation Iron Fist

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