Friday, March 16, 2007
Living in hope: Victims of Uganda's brutal civil war feel peace is tangible - BBC News
... despite the horrors of Mr Otuu seeing his 13-year-old daughter abducted by the rebels.
"I strongly believe that through negotiations we can get genuine peace... we are all tired of war everybody is tired of it and we just want to be able to move on and return to our ancestral home," he says.
Like a considerable number in the Acholi community, Mr Otuu's family believes reconciliation with the LRA is the only option.
Achievable, they argue, using traditional means of justice called mato oput rather than criminal prosecutions.
...
In the past the LRA rebels were blamed for torching entire settlements. This time round the fire at the camp is an accident.
A child has knocked over a cooking stove and with strong winds, the flames have quickly spread.
Camp leaders are urging people not to despair, reminding them that in the past two decades they have lost so much more.
Each and every one of them has seen a loved one snatched or killed by the rebels, infamous for their brutality. All have been made homeless. ...
... despite the horrors of Mr Otuu seeing his 13-year-old daughter abducted by the rebels.
"I strongly believe that through negotiations we can get genuine peace... we are all tired of war everybody is tired of it and we just want to be able to move on and return to our ancestral home," he says.
Like a considerable number in the Acholi community, Mr Otuu's family believes reconciliation with the LRA is the only option.
Achievable, they argue, using traditional means of justice called mato oput rather than criminal prosecutions.
...
In the past the LRA rebels were blamed for torching entire settlements. This time round the fire at the camp is an accident.
A child has knocked over a cooking stove and with strong winds, the flames have quickly spread.
Camp leaders are urging people not to despair, reminding them that in the past two decades they have lost so much more.
Each and every one of them has seen a loved one snatched or killed by the rebels, infamous for their brutality. All have been made homeless. ...
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