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PHOTOS: Northern Uganda's nightmare
28 Jan 2008 14:44:00 GMT
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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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