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Unjust War - Features
What Happened in Uganda
Written by Maya Kimberley Prabhu   
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 07:45

What Happened in UgandaMaya Kimberley Prabhu, a journalist with The Independent magazine in Uganda, was down the street from the bombing that took place during a World Cup viewing party last weekend. More than 70 people were killed and many were injured. One of those killed was 25-year-old Nate Henn, an American who worked for Invisible Children. Here, Prabhu describes what she heard and initial thoughts on what occurred.

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Food Crisis in the Congo
Written by Anna Ridout   
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 00:07

Food Crisis in the CongoEvery parent I talk to here in eastern Congo is struggling to feed their family.

Many children are malnourished. Babies have bleached hair caused by malnutrition. A large family of seven is surviving on a handful of sweet potatoes and assistance provided by aid agencies. A young girl has the skin of an old woman.

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The Anatomy of a Rescue
Written by Sam Childers   
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 07:00

The Anatomy of a RescueWhile no two rescues are exactly alike, this particular trip into the bush has a lot in common with previous operations. I got word of an LRA attack on a village along the road to Pageri about twenty miles away, an hour's drive along the rutted dirt road through the bush from Nimule. After so many years of fighting, large numbers of people who used to live in the countryside have moved closer to Nimule for protection or they've picked up stakes and left the area entirely. As you drive east and north along the road, you can see the population gradually thinning out. Close to town there are plenty of people on the road walking or riding bicycles. The farther from town you drive, the fewer people there are.

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Peacekeeping on Earth
Written by Julian Lukins   
Wednesday, 14 April 2010 08:00

Peacekeeping on EarthPastor Damascene was one of many local church leaders facing deep-rooted divisions and strife in his war-torn community.

Brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo had split his people down tribal lines—and caused rifts in the Church.

Healing and reconciliation was desperately needed. But how?

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Hope in Sudanese Smiles
Written by Trey Hill   
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 06:55

Hope in Sudanese SmilesOn my final day in Sudan, I met a young girl on a ventilator in Yei County hospital. She was struggling to fight off a respiratory infection—likely pneumonia, tuberculosis or both—because HIV, contracted from her mother, had left her fragile immune system in shambles.

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