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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bittersweet reflection on a quarter-century of reconciliation, Justice Peter Onega, Chairperson of the Uganda Amnesty Commission (UAC), announced that more than 28,340 former combatants have been granted amnesty since the program’s inception in 2000. Justice Onega described a national transformation in which former rebels …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Several victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army Insurgency in Agago district have asked government to extend psycho-social support to speed up their healing. The victims say the war has greatly affected their social lives, even more than a decade after guns fell silent with majority …