Uganda: SPLA Recruits in Ugandan Camps

16 August 2001

Kampala — Rebel deserters in camps near the Sudanese border fear that they will be caught and punished

About 50,000 Sudanese refugees living in Adjumani district are being targeted for conscription into the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), a report by the Refugee Law Project (RLP) has warned. The report, based on research done in the Adjumani refugee settlements also says the refugees face attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.

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