Ugandan rebel fighters of Lord
Resistance Army (LRA) wait for transport
on arrival at Entebbe international
airport, 47km (28 miles) southwest of
capital Kampala, November 30, 2007.
REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA)
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Internally displaced persons raise their
hands in support of traditional justice
systems during a consultation meeting
with Uganda's Lord Resistance Army (LRA)
fighters at Koch Goma camp in Gulu,
364km (218 miles) north of Kampala,
November 7, 2007. REUTERS/James Akena (
UGANDA)
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A woman reacts as fighters of the Lord
Resistance Army (LRA) arrive for
consultations in Koch Goma camp for
internally displaced persons in Gulu,
364km (218 miles) north of Kampala,
November 7, 2007. REUTERS/James Akena (
UGANDA)
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"Night commuters" prepare to sleep
inside a dormitory in Gulu, northern
Uganda June 22, 2004. For 20 years, the
Lords Resistance Army (LRA)--one of
Africa's most feared rebel groups--has
waged a vicious war in Uganda, killing
civilians, mutilating people and
abducting thousands of children to swell
their ranks, victims say. Picture taken
June 22, 2004. REUTERS/James Akena (
UGANDA)
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Internally displaced Grace Aol, 21,
boils crushed sheer nut to extract oil
inside her hut in Pabbo refugee camp in
northern Uganda, April 27, 2007. In the
last 20 years, led by self-declared
prophet Joseph Kony the LRA guerrillas
became notorious for mutilating
civilians and kidnapping children. In
camps where they were supposed to
receive refuge, north Ugandans have
instead suffered horrors, with 1,000
people a week dying from treatable
diseases, International Crisis Group (
ICG) said, quoting local figures.
Picture taken April 27, 2007. REUTERS/
James Akena (UGANDA)
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An internally displaced man shows an
unexploded rocket propelled grenade he
found during grass collection to thatch
his hut at Pabbo refugee camp in
northern Uganda, April 27, 2007. In the
last 20 years, led by self-declared
prophet Joseph Kony the LRA guerrillas
became notorious for mutilating
civilians and kidnapping children. In
camps where they were supposed to
receive refuge, north Ugandans have
instead suffered horrors, with 1,000
people a week dying from treatable
diseases, International Crisis Group (
ICG) said, quoting local figures.
Picture taken April 27, 2007. REUTERS/
James Akena (UGANDA)
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An internally displaced child plays with
a mango fruit in Pabbo refugee camp in
northern Uganda, April 27, 2007. In the
last 20 years, led by self-declared
prophet Joseph Kony the LRA guerrillas
became notorious for mutilating
civilians and kidnapping children. In
camps where they were supposed to
receive refuge, north Ugandans have
instead suffered horrors, with 1,000
people a week dying from treatable
diseases, International Crisis Group (
ICG) said, quoting local figures.
Picture taken April 27, 2007. REUTERS/
James Akena (UGANDA)
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Internaly displaced Alex Obina, 32,
works to erect a wall for his hut at
Pabbo refugee camp in northern Uganda,
April 27, 2007. In the last 20 years,
led by self-declared prophet Joseph Kony
the LRA guerrillas became notorious for
mutilating civilians and kidnapping
children. In camps where they were
supposed to receive refuge, north
Ugandans have instead suffered horrors,
with 1,000 people a week dying from
treatable diseases, International Crisis
Group (ICG) said, quoting local figures.
Picture taken April 27, 2007. REUTERS/
James Akena (UGANDA)
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Internally displaced kids play on a
disused water tank stand in Pabbo
refugee camp in northern Uganda, April
27, 2007. In the last 20 years, led by
self-declared prophet Joseph Kony of the
LRA guerrillas became notorious for
mutilating civilians and kidnapping
children. In camps where they were
supposed to receive refuge, north
Ugandans have instead suffered horrors,
with 1,000 people a week dying from
treatable diseases, International Crisis
Group (ICG) said, quoting local figures.
Picture taken April 27, 2007. REUTERS/
James Akena (UGANDA)
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A child smiles outside the Palenga camp
for internally displaced persons, in
northern Uganda, 331km (205 miles) from
the capital Kampala July 15, 2006. For
20 years, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA)
-- one of Africa's most feared rebel
groups -- has waged a vicious war in
Uganda, killing civilians, mutilating
people and abducting thousands of
children to swell their ranks, victims
say. Picture taken July 15, 2006.
REUTERS/James Akena (
UGANDA
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Lord's Resistance Army soldiers stand
guard at the assembly point in Owiny Ki
Bul, some 160km (100 miles) south of
Juba, Sudan in this September 20, 2006
file photo. It took three hours marching
on a tiny trail of broken bush-grass in
south Sudan's landmined Owiny-Ki-Bul
area to arrive at a small brook where a
Reuters news team was to meet a senior
LRA commander. Picture taken on
September 20, 2006. REUTERS/James Akena (
SUDAN)
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Ugandan woman Elen Lanyomo, whose lips
were cut off by Lord's Resistance Army (
LRA), eats a banana in Juba, southern
Sudan September 26, 2006. Lanyomo, 43,
is part of the Ugandan delegation
negotiating a peaceful end to a vicious
20-year insurgency that has killed
thousands and displaced nearly 2 million
people. The LRA has gained notoriety for
their brutal attacks against civilians --
beating villagers to death, slicing
lips and ears off survivors and
abducting thousands of children to serve
as fighters and sex slaves. REUTERS/
James Akena (SUDAN)
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