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With major ongoing conflicts in countries surrounding Uganda, it is surprising that the US continues the hunt for Kony.

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Mato Oput, the Acholi version of “transitional justice” (TJ), has recently attracted a lot of attention in Peace and Conflict Studies and continues to received support from both national and international agencies.   Fanni Baudo and Lærke Hooge Andersen traveled from Copenhagen to Gulu

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Lamunu,my mother daughter of the great Ya-coni* he killed the lion died for his daughter. born during the Protectorate. Catherine became her name from the kraal of Patiko she emerged the gap between her teeth shining in natural beauty. Unfavoured girls of her time would hire a Lanak her’s was natural her smile enamoured Justine Lamunu, my mother. The heroine of her time, Champion of Patiko in the javelin competition Pece stadium’s crowds still remember her oh memory sings… Lamunu, my mother There’s no shop for mothers No love alike, as each mother’s Priceless Memory recounts! Lamunu, my mother Memory sings Lamunu, my mother.

James Onono Ojok

Lamunu, my Mother

Posted on May 1, 2013

By James Onono Ojok

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Oscar Nominee Lupita Nyong'o on Black Beauty

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Uganda's president has signed into law a bill toughening penalties for gay people and criminalising those who do not report them.

This legislation is dangerous and not representative of every Ugandan's views. It's little more than a political move by Museveni against the influence of "western liberalism". In an attempt to prove his authority and make a show of this political parties independence he has put hundreds of his own people in danger.

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Is there a hierarchy of knowledge in reporting about Africa, with more authority given to international journalists?

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A group of filmmakers from Northern Uganda are appealing for financial support to complete the production of a short film they have been working on. Titled “A girl from Lamwo”, the film director Komakech Daniel says that the film tells the story of a young girl who leaves Lamwo

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Activists in Uganda report that police have arrested Sam K. Ganafa, executive director of Spectrum Uganda Initiatives and board chair for the Sexual Minorities Uganda coalition. Charges against Gan...

  Posted on November 12, 2013 by Colin Stewart

Sam K. Ganafa, executive director of Spectrum Uganda (Photo courtesy of Facebook)

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100cameras Project Empowers Kids by Teaching Them Photography

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The past decade has seen slow and steady economic growth across the continent of Africa. But economist Charles Robertson has a bold thesis: Africa's about to boom. He talks through a few of the indicators -- from rising education levels to expanded global investment (and not just from China) -- that lead him to predict rapid growth for a billion people, sooner than you may think.

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But some nonprofits argue that outcomes can be hard to measure — especially in areas like the arts.

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