The outreach effort described below in an International Criminal Court press release could be a good thing — if it has a positive impact. The question in my mind is whether the ICC has planned a way to assess what impact this radio program has? All too often in humanitarian initiatives, there is too little [...]

It’s sad to see an apparatus of peacemaking, the office of the U.N. special envoy to northern Uganda, close. But why should the United Nations keep it open considering that Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, has proven himself - once again - to be an unreliable peace partner. The charade ought to end that [...]

Nothing like marking the beginning of a new month with an attack by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Reuters story below, with my brief comment following it.
Ugandan rebels attack Congo town, 50,000 flee -UN
Sat 1 Nov 2008, 17:58 GMT

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KINSHASA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided a town in northern [...]

I want peace in northern Uganda as much as anyone. I have spent years of my professional life trying to educate and focus attention on the conflict between Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda and the government of Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, and the impact it has had on children. And I was one [...]