Life of the Internally Displaced

The two-decade armed conflicts in northern Uganda between the Lord's Resistance Army rebels and the Ugandan government have forced some 1.7 million people to abandon homes and live in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Estimated 12,000 people have been killed, with hundreds dying weekly from disease and malnutrition in brutal camp conditions.

In September 2006, the LRA opened peace negotiations with the Ugandan government. A truce has been signed, and the LRA troops...
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The two-decade armed conflicts in northern Uganda between the Lord's Resistance Army rebels and the Ugandan government have forced some 1.7 million people to abandon homes and live in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Estimated 12,000 people have been killed, with hundreds dying weekly from disease and malnutrition in brutal camp conditions.

In September 2006, the LRA opened peace negotiations with the Ugandan government. A truce has been signed, and the LRA troops have begun to gather at designated locations along the Uganda-Sudan border to surrender weapons. The Ugandan government has begun building satellite camps to decongest the main IDP camps. Until a long-term peace is in sight, however, IDP camps are still crowded, thousands of children still walk 3 to 10 kilometers each night to take shelter in towns and "night commuter" centers. The plight still lingers, and still is, forgotten.
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