Uganda

15 Jan 12
Implementation of recent law on abuse is hindered by poor understanding among local officials and a lack of police capacity.
30 Dec 11
Poor storage facilities and an upsurge in demand from South Sudan is straining the year-round food supply.
15 Dec 11
Some residents cite increased access to clean water, health centres and education but local authorities still lack funds to meet social needs.
30 Nov 11
Has restructuring of local government brought services closer to the people?
7 Nov 11
But concerns persist over whether governments in the region will back the mission.
2 Nov 11
Granting of amnesty for alleged rebel commander may jeopardise other cases.
20 Oct 11
IDPs returning to former villages must travel long distances to health centres, but there's no guarantee they will be treated when they turn up.
Activists say more than half of all Ugandan prostitutes in Juba come northern Uganda, and that many of them are young girls. (Photo: Stein Ove Korneliussen) The High Court in Gulu where the Kwoyelo trial was scheduled to take place. (Photo: Simon Jennings) Lira, northern Uganda - a student in the classroom of a newly-built local school. (Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse Awalt, US army) Civilians displaced by recent LRA attacks in southern Sudan, which neighbours Uganda. (Photo: UN Photo/Tim McKulka) Vincent Otti, the late deputy leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, whose weapons continue to circulate in northern Uganda, posing a threat to the local population. (Photo: Euan Denholm/IRIN) Listeners to IWPR’s Facing Justice programme debate the importance of war memorials and establishing a record of the conflict in northern Uganda. (Photo: 	IWPR)
Village in Uganda visited by IWPR reporters. (Photo: IWPR) Listeners to IWPR’s Facing Justice programme debate the importance of war memorials and establishing a record of the conflict in northern Uganda. (Photo: IWPR) Children separated from their families following an LRA attack on their village. (Photo: Julien Harneis/Flickr) A woman carries goods down a busy street in the town of Arua. (Photo: Pernille Baerendtsen) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inspects Burundian troops in recognition of the country's contribution to the African Union Mission in Somalia. Uganda and Burundi are the only countries to have provided troops for the peacekeeping force in Somalia. (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) Farmer discussing reconstruction of northern Uganda. (Photo: IWPR)