Uganda: Dangers of Unexploded Ordnance in North

Gulu — Omony Obol, who recently returned to Palukere village in Amuru District, northern Uganda, after years of displacement, was clearing his gardens when he unearthed 740 rounds of ammunition and three grenades.

"I was busy digging my garden early morning to plant cassava," he told IRIN in Amuru on 21 April. "As I was clearing a ditch in the middle of the garden, I saw bullets wrapped in green cloth [and] placed in the ditch."

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