Tuesday, October 28, 2008

WORLD MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO OBAMA


Barack Obama's Family Photo Album

Obama - Family Pictures, Dancing,

Yes Africa Can: An African talks to

Obama's Kenyan Roots

Barack Obama Musical Tribute- Reggae version:

Coco Tea - Barack Obama

RISE AND SHINE FOR OBAMA

Blakk Rasta - Barack Obama

Barack Obama - Reggae - Damian Marley - The Mission Riddim

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You can read news about recent development in Northern Uganda here:

The Spotlight, launched on April 23 2008, is a non-commercial blog set up to provide news, views and events from Uganda, with a focus on Northern Uganda. It is a product of concerted efforts by journalists from Northern Uganda and the United Kingdom. The blog originated from Lango Web.

It also provides an opportunity for young Ugandan journalists especially from the war-ravaged North to get their stories published. All contributors to the site – reporters and editor/webmaster are volunteers. Click the Spotlight below.

The Spotlight




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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Uganda's aggressive peace


In the northern reaches of Uganda, conflict has adulterated the lives of millions and deeply permeated behavioural norms. For many, religion was the ballast against this tide of violence. For others it was purely an instrument of war.

Alice Lakwena, the 'supernatural' rebel leader of the Holy Spirit Movement in Uganda steeled her fighters before battle by telling them that bullets would bounce off their chests and that stones would become grenades when pitched at the enemy. Even today, 20 years after her defeat, her name and exploits remain etched in the memories of her foes and followers alike, an embodiment of rigid faith and ruthless struggle.

For more than 20 years, the Acholi, Iteso and Langi regions of northern Uganda have been terrorised by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrilla force notorious for its recruitment and enslavement of child soldiers.

Born out of a zealous Christian spiritualism centred on its prophetic leader, Joseph Kony (pictured), a cousin of Lakwena, and radical Acholi nationalism challenging the southern government, the LRA preyed on the fears and vulnerabilities of the northern population and mercilessly exploited its land and people.

The Acholi have ironically been the principle victims of the LRA conflict, seemingly as a perverse means of discrediting the government's capacity to protect its own citizens in the north. The LRA has used this artifice to conduct well-organised insurgent attacks in the north, killing and maiming the innocent, re-supplying their ranks and effectively goading the government into retaliatory attacks deep in their jungle lairs.

In recent years the LRA and Kony in particular have become increasingly isolated, with defections from their ranks, and ruptures in the bedrock of Acholi nationalism.

While Kony has spoken of peace and LRA representatives have participated in the most recent peace talks in southern Sudan, he has baulked at ratifying a final peace agreement.

Kony, who has found sanctuary at a base in the Central African Republic, was indicted with four of his commanders by the International Criminal Court in October 2005 for crimes against humanity and war crimes, specifically, rape, murder, enslavement (including sexual enslavement) and the forced enlistment of children.

But an agreement signed by the Government and the LRA in 2007 determined that ultimate accountability for LRA prosecutions should lie domestically with a special division of the High Court in Uganda and not with the ICC.

Complimentarily, traditional justice systems (similar to the Gacaca community court systems established for reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda), punitive sentences and reparations would also be employed to deal with less serious cases.

This position appears to reaffirm the Ugandan government's ability to manipulate the process to suit its longer-term strategic aims in the north and does little to galvanise international opinion and action for post-war justice and reconciliation. Moreover there are precedents in Africa for culpable leaders retiring to comfortable exile.

Ultimately, the ICC can re-instate the charges if the Ugandan government's judicial efforts do not meet international benchmarks. It would undoubtedly be prudent for government leaders to commit themselves fully to the effort.

Uganda has earned international praise for its strong commitment to the millennium development goals and in tackling the HIV/AIDS crisis. Despite likely international disfavour for its failure to protect human rights, the government seems determined to deal with issues of peace as aggressively as it conducted the northern war.

Many of Kony's conscripts, including thousands of child abductees, have since embraced a government amnesty for combatants renouncing the LRA and the conflict. While demobilisation has brought rewards for them, passive victims of the conflict remain dispossessed, traumatised and battle scarred

As some angrily strive for restorative justice by claiming compensation for injury, medical expenses, lost cattle and land, others simply pray for the peace to hold, allowing them to make best of what little they have.

A government sponsored Peace, Recovery and Development Plan has channelled millions of dollars into northern Uganda. It remains to be seen what this money actually delivers. Failing infrastructure, a scarcity of trained professionals, and a decline in humanitarian presence following the end of fighting have placed district governments and community based organisations at the vanguard of the north's revival.

They now carry a weighty responsibility not only to restore livelihood but also to promote peace and reconciliation.

The power of the church is absolute in Uganda. Perhaps in this lies the best opportunity to heal rifts and build a foundation for future prosperity in northern Uganda. Although international and national instruments of justice are the preferred mechanisms for dealing with the most egregious aspects of the conflict, grass roots dialogue, for which the church is ideally placed, is a necessary adjunct.

'Truth telling' is a poignant and productive start.

Ben FraserBy Ben Fraser, an aid worker who has worked and written from Pakistan, Indonesia Afghanistan and Sudan.

Taken from:http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=8936

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Uganda problem started as soon as Idi Amin overthrew the country:
follow this link for more stories military coup in Uganda and about Idi Amin:

Military coup in Uganda

Slides show of some highlight of Idi Amin era

Slide Show
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/Idi_Amin/

MORE ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IDI AMIN AND MUSEVENI

The Former President Of The Republic Of Uganda Al-Haji Idi Amin Dada, Was Interviewed By the BBC. Journalist Brian Barron in 1980 while in exile, at his residence in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. click on the video tape to listened the Interview:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3156011.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069166.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069181.stm

http://allafrica.com/whoweare.html

http://musevenikaguta2.blogspot.com/index.html

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

JAZZ FOR JUSTICE FOR NORTHERN UGANDA CHILDREN

The ‘Jazz for Justice Project’ is an initiative founded in 2006 by UT professor, Dr. Rosalind Hackett, to raise funds, awareness, and support using the power of music as psycho-social healing in northern Uganda. Students, Faculty members and members of the community, together with musicians in the local, national and international jazz community, came together to help these young people overcome their trauma and rebuild their lives. All of the proceeds from JfJ concerts benefit the Northern Ugandan Girls’ Education Network (NUGEN).

The event will take place on Friday October 17, 2008, featuring some of the biggest names in jazz who will lend their talents to benefit the children of war-torn northern Uganda. The third annual Jazz for Justice concert will kick of at 8:00 PM at the new venue Barataria in Old City Knoxville.

This year's musicians include: Jeff Coffin of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, RB Morris Band, Kelle Jolly and Will Boyd and their band, Pianist Wendell Werner, Bass vocalist Jonathan Blanchard from Atlanta, Rosemary Haskins and Guy Farmer from Nashville (acoustic duet), Boling, Brown and Holloway, Joe Mazzaferro, Ricky Starr, Jah Niceness, Natti Love Joys, Jeff Sipe w/ Vince Llagan and Mike Seal, Renato Buchert (Emily Mathis, Daniel Kimbro and Graham Butler)

In aids of the victims of the brutal civil war that raged in Northern Uganda for over twenty years, more than 25,000 children were kidnapped and forced to become fighters, sex slaves or domestic servants. Nearly 2 million people were displaced from their villages and resettled in squalid camps. Tentative peace has lasted a year but the task of psycho-social healing and resettlement is overwhelming.


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Some useful link:
www.africafiles.org
 News with an African perspective
allafrica.com
Premier Portal for Africa News
www.afsc.org
Life over Debt Campaign
www.concernedafricascholars.org
Political activism and research
www.africaworldpressbooks.com
Books on Africa and the Diaspora
www.columbia.edu
Virtual library for Africa
www.kabissa.org
Space for change in Africa
www.opendemocracy.net
Debate on democracy
www.pambazuka.org
Weekly Forum for Social Justice
www-sul.stanford.edu
Internet resources on Africa

World news

Genocide in Uganda:
http://cegun.org/


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Friday, October 3, 2008

THREE WATCHERS


By Iman Suryadi

With sun setting down in a vast Uganda land, the three watchers took up their turn to light and watch the dark night in a small house.A house belong to a small five members of a family. One little girl, named Margaret, always see the three watchers before she went to bed.

It was always a hard time in Uganda with never ending conflict, and a little pray must never be forgotten to keep young children feel save.

"Dear God, like the sun that kept me safe in day, please watch me also while I was sleeping...

"Then sleep Margaret through the night and so the rest of the family, being watch only by the three watchers.

(Dedicated to unity and peace in Northern Uganda, inspired by World Wide Life Blog)

Picture courtesy of Willy Ochaya http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiliben/2905324547/sizes/m/

This story was taken from Iman Suryadi blog:-who fell in love with the picture of lamps from my flicker Photostreams and wanted to tell a short story of the lamps and he asked

"May I add this to my blog?" and I told him to go ahead! You can follow this link to his blog site http://storyofpicture.blogspot.com/
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For further reading about Uganda check out the following URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine

Link to Kacoke Madit presentation papers:

Kacoke Madit


Lord's Resistance Army: Information from Answers.com




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Sunday, November 25, 2007

All Africa Source of News


AllAfrica Global Media
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and view.
Below is a list of publishers who provide content through AllAfrica, including their contact information and, where applicable, a web site address.

allAfrica.com (Washington, DC)

allAfrica.com is operated by AllAfrica Global Media, a multi-media content service provider and hosted by AllAfrica, Inc., the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide.

Visit their site: http://allafrica.com/

Publishers

24 Heures (Abidjan)

Francophone daily

Visit their site: http://www.24heuresci.com/

Accra Mail (Accra)

A daily newspaper published Monday through Thursday

Visit their site: http://www.accra-mail.com/

Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa)

Visit their site: http://www.addisfortune.com/

AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)

Visit their site: http://www.africafocus.org/

Agence Net Press (Bujumbura)

French daily

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Nairobi)

Visit their site: http://www.agra-alliance.org/

Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)

The sole national news agency in Mozambique, producing news in Portuguese and English on Mozambican politics, economics and society.

Visit their site: http://www.sortmoz.com/aimnews

Altervision (Abidjan)

Aminata.com (Conakry)

Visit their site: http://www.aminata.com/

The Analyst (Monrovia)

Private daily published in Monrovia, focusing on news and analysis.

Visit their site: http://www.analystnewspaper.com/

Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Government-owned news service.

Visit their site: http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/

Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Dakar)

Francophone press agency

Visit their site: http://www.aps.sn/

Arc-en-Ciel (Bujumbura)

News and analysis weekly

Cape Argus (Cape Town)

Major afternoon daily in South Africa's legislative capital

Visit their site: http://www.capeargus.co.za

Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali)

A private news agency, daily up date in French and english

Visit their site: http://www.ari-rna.co.rw

Arusha Times (Arusha)

A weekly newspaper published every Saturday

Visit their site: http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/

L'Aurore (Conakry)

Le medium guinee du scoop et de la precision de l'info

Visit their site: http://laurore.press-guinee.com/

Balancing Act (London)

Visit their site: http://balancingact-africa.com/

Bamako Matin (Bamako)

General information Francophone daily

Business Daily Rwanda (Kigali)

Visit their site: http://www.businessdaily.rw/

Le Bénin Aujourd'hui (Cotonou)

Le Bénin Aujourd'hui est un hebdomadaire d'information générale, mais qui met l'accent sur les enquetes, les reportages et consacre une large part de ses colones à l'actualité africaine.

Biz-Community (Cape Town)

Visit their site: http://www.bizcommunity.com

Burundi Réalités (Bujumbura)

Visit their site: http://www.burundirealite.org/

Business Daily (Nairobi)

Visit their site: http://www.bdafrica.com/

Business Day (Johannesburg)

South Africa's major business-oriented daily

Visit their site: http://www.bday.co.za/

Business in Africa (Johannesburg)

Offers an exceptional range of business contents and knowledge

Visit their site: http://www.businessinafrica.net/

Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)

Bilingual daily publication from Cameroun

Visit their site: http://www.cameroon-tribune.net

The Chronicle (Lilongwe)

The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)

One of Dar es Salaam's leading English daily newspapers; published by the Nation Media Group

Visit their site: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/

Concord Times (Freetown)

Independent daily from Sierra Leone

Daily Champion (Lagos)

A dynamic, independent source of news and information in Nigeria.

Visit their site: http://www.champion-newspapers.com/

The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)

Private Ethiopian daily published in Addis Ababa

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

Daily pro-government newspaper from Gambia

Visit their site: http://www.observer.gm/enews/

Daily Trust (Abuja)

Printed and published by Media Trust Nigeria Limited in the capital city

Visit their site: http://www.dailytrust.com/

East African Business Week (Kampala)

Visit their site: http://www.busiweek.com/

The East African Standard (Nairobi)

Visit their site: http://www.eastandard.net/

The East African (Nairobi)

Business-oriented regional weekly from the Nation Group

Visit their site: http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/

The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa)

State-owned daily newspaper published in Addis Ababa

Visit their site: http://www.ethpress.gov.et/Herald/articlefront.asp

L'Express (Port Louis)

Quotidien d'expression française publié à Port Louis

Visit their site: http://www.lexpress.mu

L'Express de Madagascar (Antananarivo)

Information et d'analyse, actualité sur Madagascar, politique, économie, social,fait-divers,reportage, interview,dossier, toutes les informations

Visit their site: http://www.lexpressmada.com

Fahamu (Oxford)

Visit their site: http://www.fahamu.org/

Financial Gazette (Harare)

Weekly business coverage of Zimbabwe and southern African

Visit their site: http://www.fingaz.co.zw/

Focus Media (Kigali)

FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)

A private newspaper focusing on legal issues published twice weekly.

Fraternité (Cotonou)

Quotidien Beninois d'information et d'analyse

Visit their site: http://www.fraternite-info.com/

Fraternité Matin (Abidjan)

Visit their site: http://news.abidjan.net/presse/fratmat.htm

Freedom Newspaper (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Gambia's Premier Online Newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/

Gabonews (Libreville)

Visit their site: http://www.gabonews.ga/

Garowe Online (Garowe)

Daily news publication

Visit their site: http://www.garoweonline.com

La Gazette de la Grande Ile (Antananarivo)

Quotidien national indépendant d'informations générales et d'analyses

Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)

Daily newspaper published in Accra, Ghana

Visit their site: http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/

The Herald (Harare)

Government-owned newspaper published in the capital city.

Visit their site: http://www.herald.co.zw/

The Independent (Freetown)

Daily non-partisan newspaper that encourages community participation in publications

Info Matin (Bamako)

General information Francophone daily

Visit their site: http://www.info-matin.com/

Infos Plus Gabon (Libreville)

Visit their site: http://www.infosplusgabon.com/

The Inquirer (Monrovia)

Visit their site: http://www.theinquirer.com.lr/

L'Intelligent d'Abidjan (Abidjan)

General information francophone daily.

Visit their site: http://www.lintelligentdabidjan.org/

Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)

Visit their site: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Visit their site: http://www.irinnews.org/

Leadership (Abuja)

A private daily out of Nigeria's capital city

Visit their site: http://www.leadershipnigeria.com

Les Echos (Bamako)

Visit their site: http://www.jamana.org/lesechos/index.html

Libération (Casablanca)

Francophone Moroccan Daily

Visit their site: http://www.liberation.press.ma/

L’Autre Quotidien (Cotonou)

Journal d’information d’analyse et d’investigation

Visit their site: http://www.lautrequotidien.com/

Le Messager (Douala)

Visit their site: http://www.lemessager.net/

Midi Madagasikara (Antananarivo)

Midi Madagasikara est le premier quotidien national d'information diffusé à Madagascar. Créé en 1983 par Marthe Andriambelo, il est édité par la société anonyme du même nom.

Visit their site: http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/

Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)

Daily from Botswana

Visit their site: http://www.mmegi.bw/

The Monitor (Kampala)

Uganda's privately owned daily

Visit their site: http://www.monitor.co.ug/

Namibia Economist (Windhoek)

Visit their site: http://www.economist.com.na/

The Namibian (Windhoek)

Leading independent daily published in Windhoek

Visit their site: http://www.namibian.com.na/

The Nation (Nairobi)

Major private Kenyan daily and Sunday newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/

New Era (Windhoek)

Maeura Office Park, 1st Floor, West Wing, Windhoek

Visit their site: http://www.newera.com.na/

The New Times (Kigali)

A government-leaning newspaper published daily

Visit their site: http://www.newtimes.co.rw/

New Vision (Kampala)

Government-owned daily and Sunday newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.newvision.co.ug/

The NEWS (Monrovia)

Liberian weekly news published in Monrovia

Visit their site: http://www.thenews.com.lr/

Nord-Sud (Abidjan)

Francophone paper

Visit their site: http://www.nordsudmedia.info/

Notre Voie (Abidjan)

Visit their site: http://www.notrevoie.com/

Le Nouveau Réveil (Abidjan)

Francophone daily

Visit their site: http://www.lenouveaureveil.com/

La Nouvelle Relève (Kigali)

Francophone paper

L'Observateur Paalga (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.lobservateur.bf/

Liberian Observer (Monrovia)

Visit their site: http://liberianobserver.com/

Le Patriote (Abidjan)

Daily Ivorian newspaper

Visit their site: http://lepatriote.net/

Le Pays (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.lepays.bf/

Le Phare (Kinshasa)

Congolese daily published in Kinshasa

Visit their site: http://www.lepharerdc.com/

PlusNews (Johannesburg)

A leader in specialist reporting on HIV and AIDS in Africa

Visit their site: http://www.plusnews.org

The Post (Buea)

Bi-weekly(Mondays/Fridays)

Visit their site: http://www.postnewsline.com/

Le Potentiel (Kinshasa)

Congolese daily published in Kinshasa

Visit their site: http://www.lepotentiel.com/

La Presse (Tunis)

Visit their site: http://www.lapresse.tn

La Prospérité (Kinshasa)

Visit their site: http://www.laprosperiteonline.net/

Public Agenda (Accra)

Ghanaian weekly independent newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.ghanaweb.com/public_agenda/

Le Quotidien Mutations (Yaoundé)

Visit their site: http://www.quotidienmutations.info

Rwanda Development Gateway (Butare)

Rwanda Development Gateway (RDG) is a project of the Government of Rwanda run under the National University of Rwanda (NUR). The RDG is implementing a Program to set up a National Portal as platform for information sharing. The Portal represents a one-sto

Visit their site: http://www.rwandagateway.org

The Reporter (Addis Ababa)

Ethiopian weekly published on Friday

Visit their site: http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/

Republic of Togo (Lomé)

Portail officiel de la République Togolaise

Visit their site: http://www.republicoftogo.com/

San Finna (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.sanfinna.com/

Shabait.com (Asmara)

news and commentary from the Ministry of Information of the State of Eritrea

Visit their site: http://www.shabait.com/

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

Visit their site: http://www.shabelle.net/news/english.htm

Sidwaya (Ouagadougou)

Visit their site: http://www.sidwaya.bf/

Le Soleil (Dakar)

Visit their site: http://www.lesoleil.sn/

SouthScan (London)

A bulletin of Southern African Affairs

Visit their site: http://southscan.gn.apc.org/

Sud Quotidien (Dakar)

Visit their site: http://www.sudonline.sn/

Sunday Times (Johannesburg)

A National Sunday newspaper published by Johnnic Publishing Ltd.

Visit their site: http://www.sundaytimes.co.za

SW Radio Africa (London)

Independent Zimbabwean radio station, based in London.

Visit their site: http://www.swradioafrica.com

This Day (Lagos)

Leading independent daily published in Lagos, Nigeria

Visit their site: http://www.thisdayonline.com/

The Times of Zambia (Ndola)

Government-owned daily and Sunday newspaper

Visit their site: http://www.times.co.zm/

TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam)

News service based in Tanzania's commercial capital

Archive only Dec 1999 - May 2002

La Tribune (Algiers)

Visit their site: http://www.latribune-online.com/

Tunisia Online (Tunis)

News reports from the Tunisia Information Service

Visit their site: http://www.tunisiaonline.com/

Umuntu LUMIERE (Bujumbura)

UN News Service (New York)

Visit their site: http://www0.un.org/apps/news/region.asp?Region=AFRICA

Vanguard (Lagos)

Major daily newspaper published in Lagos

Visit their site: http://www.vanguardngr.com/

The Voice (Francistown)

Visit their site: http://www.thevoicebw.com/

Wal Fadjri (Dakar)

Visit their site: http://www.walf.sn/

Weekly Trust (Abuja)

Weekend edition of the "Daily Trust": see above

Visit their site: http://www.dailytrust.com/weekly/home.htm

Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)

Independent newspaper published on Fridays

Visit their site: http://www.thezimbabweindependent.com/

Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)

Independent Sunday paper, sister publication of Zimbabwe Independent

Visit their site: http://www.thezimbabwestandard.com/

Source: allAfrica.com

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Wardance is in big screen in certain selected theaters in the US


This documentary tells the story of children from a northern Uganda IDP camp who defy all odds to participate in the national Ugandan dance competition. Today the documentary is in big screen in selected theaters around USA.
Co-directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix use the ongoing rebel conflict in Uganda — and its tragic consequences for hundreds of thousands of displaced people — to provide a background for a national children's music and dance competition. About three dozen 10- to 14-year-olds from the Patongo Refugee Camp Primary School travel to Kampala for the big contest. Between rehearsals and performances, a handful of them relate their real-life horror stories. Some speak of parents being murdered by rebel soldiers; others tell of being forced by soldiers to murder strangers.

The International Communities and Ugandans even the more “enlightened” could not comprehend the real depth of suffering people of Northern Uganda has experience for the last twenty years due to this war and life in these camps. Civil war ravaged Uganda's northern districts since the National Resistance Army/Movement took power under Yoweri Museveni in 1986. The latest phase of the war, waged by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has lasted more than a decade and has been characterized by widely publicized atrocities committed by the LRA, including the forced abductions of thousands of children, massacres of civilians, and widespread rape, mutilation, and looting.

On the other hand the Ugandan Government's counterinsurgency were brutal, and the civilian population, primarily of Gulu and Kitgum districts, found itself caught between the violence of the LRA on the one side and the violence of the Ugandan Army, the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF), on the other. The abuses by the UPDF are now coming to light, despite denials by the Ugandan Government and silence from the international community about the “African new form of democracy.”

The UPDF forcefully displaced the civilian population of the north several times in the course of the war, the most recent round beginning in 1996. Approximately 350,000 of Gulu district's 400,000 people have been forced into what the Government calls "protected camps," ranging in size from 1000 to over 50,000 individuals.

For detail about this movie visit their website:

Add Video to QuickList

Also NPR website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16075865&sc=emaf

And
A Reason to Dance Amid Death

For the trialer click here:
View the trailer
Review of War Dance:
Reviewed by Karen Leano
Recommended Resources About Northern Uganda

Books on the Conflict

Reading Material on the Web

Video and Audio Web Resources

Other Web Links

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

President Bush to Meet with Ugandan President Museveni

According to White House press released, President Bush will welcome President Yoweri Museveni of the Republic of Uganda to the White House on October 30, 2007. The President and President Museveni will discuss Uganda's leadership in Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army, and President Museveni's development plan for northern Uganda, as well as their strong partnership to combat malaria and HIV/AIDS in Uganda.

According to the press reports, top on the agenda of the White House Bush-Museveni meeting will be the Northern Uganda Peace Process in Juba, the LRA and President Museveni’s plan for the development of Northern Uganda. This is the first time the Northern Uganda Crisis, the LRA and/or plans to develop Northern Uganda have been on the agenda of the White House.

As a matter of fact, the US, UK and Uganda Governments hold the master key to peace with justice in Northern Uganda, and genuine national reconciliation in Uganda. Thus, President Bush’s invitation to President Museveni is a unique window of opportunity that could finally usher peace with justice in Northern Uganda, provided the voices of the weak and vulnerable victims of Northern Uganda will be heard during the White House meeting. This could signal the beginning of genuine national reconciliation and healing in Uganda.


President Bush needs to deliver the message to President Museveni, that the U.S. fully supports these negotiations as the best way to end the war, and that U.S. expect the Ugandan government to demonstrate the patience and leadership needed to ensure their success.

Follow the links and read more:

Museveni: The African leader US loves to hate

Museveni, Bush discuss LRA war

LRA rebels to meet Museveni

The New Vision.

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