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Ugandan insurgents may face traditional justice upon surrendering
Alice Anywar lives in the Pagak resettlement camp in Gulu and at 39 is a multiple victim of the over-20-year-old Lords Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency in Northern Uganda. The rebels first attacked her home in the village of Kilak in 1987, killing both her parents and abducting her 12-year-old brother. In 2002 they murdered her husband.The rebels have retreated into the jungle in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but Anywar, like many other residents, fears they could re-enter Uganda. The elusive peace was dealt a near deathblow, many argue, in 2004 when Yoweri Museveni's government requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague to indict and prosecute the rebels. The body has since become a source of further tension between the warring parties. The LRA has accused the ICC of bias for not charging their adversaries in Uganda's army. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-28 |
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