Uganda: Politics-Uganda: A Road to Hell, Paved With Good Intentions?

26 March 2005

Gulu, Northern Uganda — Walking in the eerie darkness engulfing Noah's Ark, a centre that children in northern Uganda escape to for fear of being kidnapped by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, it is easy to see why so many in the region are eager for peace.

Although a handful of the several hundred children who gather here every night are now singing sweetly for a group of visitors, the 19-year battle between government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has scarred their lives.

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