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Uganda: Bishop Odoki prays for peace and appeals for humanitarian support for refugees
22 Jan 2025 15:18 GMT
… country. Since arriving in Uganda, Arua Diocese has provided … care.
He commended the Ugandan host communities for making … complementing services provided by the Ugandan Government, UN agencies, and … Lord’s Resistance Army rebels -LRA.
This year, the Peace …
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Uganda Ordered to Compensate Lord's Resistance Army Victims
19 Dec 2024 08:51 GMT
The Ugandan government has been ordered to … Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo.
Kwoyelo was … government bear the costs.
The LRA, founded in 1986 by Joseph … 20-year insurgency against the Ugandan government and is accused of …
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In Uganda, children born of sexual violence confront cultural shame and bureaucratic roadblocks
13 Jan 2025 06:20 GMT
… African country. In many Ugandan cultures, surnames are … government entity that manages Uganda’s National Identification Register … (WVCN) in Northern Uganda, founded her organization to … (LRA) conflict, an ongoing insurgency movement against the Ugandan …
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Lord's Resistance Army commander jailed for 40 years in landmark Ugandan war crimes case
25 Oct 2024 14:15 GMT
… landmark war crimes trial in Uganda.
Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty … Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
On Friday he was sentenced … 2005 in parts of northern Uganda and South Sudan.
His legal … and was repeatedly delayed.
The LRA's atrocities were brought …
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Uganda court orders govt compensation for LRA victims
16 Dec 2024 19:34 GMT
A Ugandan court on Monday ordered the … court in Gulu in northern Uganda found that he was unable … of four judges said.
The LRA was founded by former altar … -styled prophet Joseph Kony in Uganda in the 1980s.
Its rebellion …
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Uganda';s court orders government to pay LRA war crime victims
16 Dec 2024 14:31 GMT
… the government, the LRA brutalised Ugandans under the leadership of … from bases in northern Uganda.
The insurgents' … are now infrequent.
The Ugandan military captured Kwoyelo in … ($1 = 3,645.0000 Ugandan shillings)
(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema …
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Africa News Tonight: Cyclone moves to Mozambique after battering Mayotte, Uganda court rules in LRA case, ECOWAS hopes Sahel states return
17 Dec 2024 18:08 GMT
The French military said it is sending four to five planes a day with up to 50 tons of assistance, including food, water and medicine to Mayotte, while Mozambique begins cleaning up from Cyclone Chido. ECOWAS leaders gave Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger six …
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Ugandan court asks government to pay LRA war crimes' victims
17 Dec 2024 15:31 GMT
… Court has ordered the Ugandan government to pay reparations … in prison in October.
The LRA, founded in 1986 by … instability.
The office of the Ugandan Attorney General, the government… Aogon, a lawmaker from Northern Uganda, says the draft Transitional …
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Court orders Govt to compensate victims of ex-LRA commander Kwoyelo
17 Dec 2024 10:46 GMT
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes … of the high Court of Uganda has ordered the government to … yet been tested in the Ugandan jurisdiction and deserves consideration by … mid-level ranks of the LRA was sentenced to 40 years …
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Ugandan Court Orders Reparations for Victims of LRA Commander Kwoyelo
18 Dec 2024 06:38 GMT