Uganda: Need to focus on returnees and remaining IDPs in transition to development
Source: International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Sat, 4 May 2013 07:19 AM
Author: International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
Since the 2006 signing of a cease-fire agreement between the government of Uganda and the Lord?s Resistance Army there has been significant return of those displaced by conflict in northern Uganda. The overwhelming majority of the 1.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs) who lived in camps at the height of the crisis have returned to their areas of origin or resettled in new locations.
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