Volume 51, Number 14 · September 23, 2004

Uganda: The Secret War

By Tim Judah

War, cannibalism, sex slavery, massacre, and mayhem are not usually words that one associates with Uganda. Indeed, if you mention this East African country to people outside East Africa they will likely say: 'But I thought Uganda was one of the more successful African nations.' In many respects it is, but one of its greatest successes has been in concealing from the outside world the brutal war that has afflicted its northern region for eighteen years.



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