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Uprooted and forgotten: The atrocities nobody cared about

For twenty years the world stood by with little interest as civil war wrought wanton destruction on Uganda. Why, then, would anyone care now that peace has finally been negotiated?
The saucepan and the corn flour: Ugandan atrocities leave their mark

“We knew the rebels’ message was serious: If your teacher comes to school, tell him to bring a saucepan and the students to bring corn flour.” As a former child soldier told us this story, we listened, bewildered. Why was that message ‘serious’. What did the saucepan and corn flour mean?
Global Hand News - April, 2006

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