Uganda-Related Reports, Multimedia, and News Sources
Uganda-CAN Team Top Recommended
Multimedia
- John Prendergast, International Crisis Group (PDF) - "Resolving the Three-Headed War from Hell in Southern Sudan, Northern Uganda and Darfur": Respected international analyst John Prendergast demonstrates here the connections between three of Africa's deadliest conflicts.
- Joyce Neu, Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (PDF) - "Briefing on the Conflict in Uganda: Hope for a Negotiated
Solution": Ms. Neu delivered these comments to a US Congressional hearing on the potential role of the United States in bringing peace to Uganda. - Los Angeles Times - "Horror in Uganda" photo journal: This moving photography and narration about the conflict and its victims is compiled by Francine Orr of LA Times.
- Refugee Law Project (PDF) - "Causes, Consequences, and the Search for Solutions to the War in Northern Uganda": This Uganda-CAN organizational partner provides here an in-depth history and analysis of the conflict and the way forward.
- International Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) - The IDMC provides a comprehensive overview of the causes of internal displacement in northern Uganda, including LRA and UPDF aggression. It also details the consequences of displacement on the human rights, health, and land security of northern Ugandans.
Multimedia
- Uganda Rising (documentary) - Check out perhaps the best look at the background of the conflict, and order a copy online.
- Uganda-CAN Audio Journal - Listen to Uganda-CAN activists on the radio, as well as NPR clips about northern Uganda.
- Invisible Children (documentary) - Learn about the Invisible Children documentary and grassroots campaign for northern Uganda, and order a copy online.
- UN Press Conference of Act for Stolen Children (press conference) - Listen to conflict experts John Prendergast, Betty Bigombe, Olara Otunnu and Carol Bellamy speak about the war in northern Uganda.
- Journey into Sunset - This documentary chronicles the lives of "night commuters" in northern Uganda as seen through the eyes of actor Don Cheadle and his family.
- WarDance, a film of Shine Global - This documentary tells the story of children from a northern Uganda IDP camp who defy all odds to participate in the national Ugandan dance competition.
- Rebels Without a Cause (web documentary) - Join journalists Daniel Simpson and Matthew Green in this online video special.
- Horror in Uganda (photo journal) - View moving photography and narration about the conflict and its victims compiled by Francine Orr of LA Times.
- Ugandan Kids Fear Kidnappings - a CNN web documentary about the night commuters of northern Uganda.
- ACCORD - "Protracted Conflict, Elusive Peace: Initiatives to End the Violence in Northern Uganda" (2002)
- Amnesty International - "Breaking the Circle: Protecting Human Rights in the Northern War Zone" (1999)
- Amnesty International - "Breaking God's Commands: The Destruction of Childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army" (1997)
- BeAWitness.org - BeAWitness.org is a campaign of the American Progress Action Fund and the Genocide Intervention Fund and tracks the amount of news stories in the American media about the horrors in Darfur.
- Catholic Relief Services - "Northern Uganda: The World's Forgotten War" (2004)
- Friends For Peace In Africa - Reports and documentation by organizations operating in northern Uganda relating to internally-displaced persons
- Human Rights First - Background of the conflict and commentary on legal and human rights issues
- Human Rights Watch - "Abducted and Abused: Renewed Conflict in Northern Uganda" (2003)
- Human Rights Watch - "Child Soldier Use in 2003"
- Human Rights Watch - "In Hope and Fear: Uganda's Presidential and Parliamentary Polls" (2006)
- Human Rights Watch - "The Scars of Death: Children Abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda" (1997)
- Human Rights Watch - "Uprooted and Forgotten: Impunity and Human Rights Abuses in Northern Uganda" (2005)
- Integrated Regional Information Network (UN) - Web Special on the crisis in Northern Uganda
- International Crisis Group - ICG's latest reports and analysis from Uganda
- International Rescue Committee - IRC's updates, reports, and legislative commentary on Uganda
- Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at University of San Diego - Director Joyce Neu's report to US Congress on northern Uganda
- Medicins Sans Frontiers - MSF reports on health challenges and statistics
- A Memorable Process in a Forgotten War: Forgiveness Within Northern Uganda - Master's thesis by Amy Colleen Finnegan (2005)
- Refugee Law Project - "Causes, Consequences, and the Search for Solutions to War in Northern Uganda" (2004)
- Refugee Law Project - "Only Peace Can Restore the Confidence of the Displaced" (2006)
- ReliefWeb - A collection of humanitarian reports by international relief organizations
- The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution - "The Torment of Northern Uganda: A Legacy of Missed Opportunities" (2000)
- US State Department - Report to Congress about the conflict in northern Uganda, as mandated by the Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act of 2004 (Feb. 2005)
- World Health Organization - "Health and mortality survey among internally displaced persons in Gulu, Kitgum, and Pader districts, northern Uganda" (2005)
- World Health Organization - Health needs and WHO responses in Uganda
- Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia - "Lord’s Resistance Army"
- World Vision - "Pawns of Politics: Children, Conflict, and Peace in Northern Uganda" (2004)
- AfricaFocus
- allAfrica.com
- BBC News
- Global IDP Project
- Global IDP Database
- Reuters AlertNet
- The Monitor
Ugandan independent newspaper - The New Vision
newspaper sponsored by Ugandan government - The East African
- The Weekly Observer in Uganda
- United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks
- U.S. State Department
- FDC Bloggers
- ReligionNewsBlog
- Sudan Watch
- Uganda Watch
- UgandaConflict.blogspot.com
- Footnotes from the Ugandan Underground
- P. Scott Cummings
- My Journey to Gulu
Reports
News Sources
Religious Resources
Methodist Relief and Development Fund - Northern Uganda Bible Study Pack
Blogs