KAMPALA, Uganda — Northern Uganda has been mired in violent conflict for over 20 years. And though it rarely receives as many headlines as nearby fighting in Darfur, Somalia, or even Eastern Congo, the war in Northern Uganda, one of Africa’s longest running conflicts and humanitarian disasters, is inching toward a possible resolution. In Juba, Southern Sudan, negotiators from the government of Uganda and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) recently signed the third phase of a five-part peace agreement. The progress is important, but the government of Uganda and its Western sponsors still have much to answer for. Even [...]
Editor’s Note: Rights & Wrongs is a weekly column covering the world’s major human rights-related happenings. It is written by regular WPR contributor Juliette Terzieff. HOLLYWOOD CALLS FOR SUU KYI’S RELEASE: More than two dozen Hollywood stars, including Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Aniston and Jim Carrey, signed an open letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sept. 6 urging the world’s top diplomat to personally intervene in the case of detained pro-democracy leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi. “This courageous, brave woman whom many call ‘Burma’s Nelson Mandela’ should be released and the military regime should end its attacks [...]
