Uganda: The Long Wait for Justice in Northern Uganda

In the shade of Lukodi primary school in northern Uganda this week, one of the local leaders reflected on his community's long struggle for justice. "The war, it took a long time," he told me. "Some of us lost our lives, and some of us lost our hope, but we try our best. Justice, too, it's taking a long time."

This week the International Criminal Court in The Hague began hearing testimony in the case against Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan former commander of the Lord's Resistance Army.

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