UGANDA: A Glimmer of Hope - 01.

(From Africa Research Bulletin (ARBE))

The level of violence is said to have decreased, but there is deep mistrust on all sides, not least amongst innocent civilians. There is fresh hope that the long-running conflict in northern Uganda between the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of President Yoweri Museveni could finally be approaching its elusive end. A recent amnesty, which was extended for a further three months in August, has facilitated large-scale defections from the lower ranks of the LRA as well as several high profile commanders. These developments have led the Ugandan army to claim that the LRA's command structure has been significantly …