Uganda Celebrates Independence Day
Willy Charles Okello remembers when his friends were learning how to ride their bicycles. He also remembers that this was when the Lord’s Resistance Army abducted them. That was Independence Day in 1998. “[The LRA] knows that, on certain days, people are very peaceful. They are celebrating and do what they can to forget about […]
South Sudan celebrates first independence day
When South Sudan declared independence last year, the world rejoiced. The small, newly-formed and oil-rich nation had been plagued by civil war with the north for over twenty years. During that time, an estimated two million people had been killed. And now, even though independence is theirs, South Sudan is still facing loads of other […]