The Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) has said the Government should deploy a team of landmine experts to the villages in the north before internally displaced persons (IDPs) return home. APG said there were so many landmines, bombs and other weapons that were scaring the IDPs from leaving the camps. "Let the men lead the way to the villages and put up structures and clear the bushes before collecting the women and children from the camps." Read more at The New Vision.

On 30 October, the Minister of Relief and Disaster Preparedness announced that all internally-displaced peoples camps in northern Uganda will be dismantled by 31 December as a way of making people resettle home. Uganda-CAN has since learned that the Government position is actually that leaving the camps by the end of the year will be encouraged, but "voluntary." As processes of return and resettlement do begin, many are fearful that their land rights will be violated and that changes in land tenure will allow for mass commerical use of some land while dispossessing others. Uganda-CAN has produced a number of pages and resources that examine "Land Insecurity in Northern Uganda." This also includes an interview with Judy Adoko of the Land and Equity Movement in Uganda. As these processes do begin, it is essential that the Government and donor partners show great care and sensitivity to these land issues in order to avoid new conflicts arising.