Tuesday 25 March 2014

Centre of African studies, Africa seminar series

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Monday 24 March, at 5pm, Room 4429, SOAS

War in Northern Uganda: Background and Effects
By Vincent Oling, Facilitation for Peace and Development (FAPAD) Uganda.


This paper aims to discuss the background and consequences of the war in Northern Uganda. I will look at what have been seen as the main national and local-level causes for the war, the course the war took as it developed differently in different regions, and the war’s effects on national and regional services and community life. Moreover, I will consider the economic, ethnic, and class dimensions of the war for Uganda’s society, and the perceptions of the international community.

Bio: Vincent Oling is a Ugandan peace activist, and the founder of Uganda’s Concerned Parents Association in the aftermath of the Aboke Girls’ Abduction in 1996, as well as of several other development and post-war reconstruction-focused NGOs. Since 2004 he has been the acting Chairman of Facilitation for Peace and Development (FAPAD) Uganda.

Description: Vincent Oling photo

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