Olara Otunnu was interviewed on New York public radio in January. The 8-part show is available on youtube, or directly from WBAI FM NY’s archives. (more…)
The following article reviews similarities between the Jewish holocaust and Acholi Genocide, in response to a debate by Ugandan army General David Tinyefunza and former UN Undersecretary General for Children in Armed Conflict, Dr. Olara Otunnu.
Although not “officially” recognized, the orchestration of mass deaths in Uganda have crossed the threshold of genocide.
Following are all segments of Uganda Rising, a documentary about Northern Uganda which raises the question of whether what’s occurred in Uganda is genocide. The film focuses mainly on the brutality of the Lord’s Resistance Army.
Good segments in the film show the reality of forced displacement and the “protected villages” which the Ugandan government claimed would protect civilians. In reality, the camps became the number one cause of death during “Africa’s longest running war.” (more…)
HOWARD W. FRENCH
For many who survey an African landscape strewn with political wreckage, nowadays merely to raise the subject of European colonialism, which formally ended across most of the continent five decades ago, is to ring alarm bells of excuse making. (more…)
Norbert Mao
It is no secret that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been investigating and is still investigating several cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
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