The pastoralist communities of Ugandas remote, semi-arid Karamoja region struggle against poverty, frequent drought and banditry. Armed cattle raids, carried out by Karamojong, are common and claim countless lives each year. In May 2006, the Ugandan army launched a cordon and search disarmament campaign in an effort to bring law and order to the region. The report is based on some 50 eyewitness accounts of law enforcement operations carried out by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) between September 2006 and January 2007, and on visits to the sites of six of these operations.
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